I got mine done in late March. Why delay it so long?
I can keep my money in the stock making more money for me me me!
Because I owe money.
I'm NOT giving them my money until the last moment I have to.
As a gig contractor who gets 1099s, I get taxed double for Social Security taxes.
Because the IRS offices are closed. It’s the paid pandemic 3 month holiday for government “workers”.
I have to wait for HR Block to open back up. I've always done mine myself, but we put a vacation home in short term rental service last year and I wanted an expert to figure it out for that year. Going back over what she did, I have NO CLUE how she came up with the numbers she came up with... so I want her to do it again this year with a full year's rental and make sure she explains every single number behind what's on Schedule E. I'm in no rush, I always owe.
Don't know about further delays but I appreciated engaging into Great Lent and Holy Week without the distraction of tax filing, for the first time ever.
Of course there were more serious distractions.