TurboTax Business - File an Application for Extension
Updated: 12/17/2012
Article ID: GEN12004
If you need extra time to file your tax return, TurboTax Business can help you prepare Form 7004: Application for Automatic Extension.
- Automatic extensions are available for a six-month period for corporations and S-corporations, and a five-month period for partnerships, estates and trusts.
- You must print and mail the extension application, Form 7004. Extension applications cannot be e-filed.
- Make sure that you update your TurboTax software before filing an extension so that you have the most recent TurboTax Business forms installed on your computer.
- Tax payments are due on the regular due date for the type of business return you're filing.
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How to File Your Business Extension
To apply for an automatic extension and prepare Form 7004 in TurboTax Business:
- Open your return in TurboTax Business.
- In the search window, type "extension" and then click Find.
- On the Which Return Do You Need to File? screen, select Extension of time to file (Form 7004).
- Click Continue and follow on-screen instructions.
- Eventually you will get to the Where and When to File Your Extension screen. Click the Print Extension button and mail the printout to the address on the screen.