It looks like this year's tax-filing deadline will get a lengthy postponement, which would mark another big move by the Administration to ease taxpayer concerns about the coronavirus. This year's filing deadline is Wednesday, April 15, 2020. ​The Wall Street Journal reports that a six-month delay appears likely. Certain fines and penalties may be suspended or delayed.

The move would mark a quick victory for House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (MA-D), who urged the delay in correspondence to IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig yesterday.

​A six-month delay would set the new tax-filing deadline for Thursday, October 15, 2020.

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