If you do not pay the full amount you owe by the tax deadline, even if you file an extension, you will be assessed a penalty of 0.5% of your balance due per month. The amount of your failure-to-pay penalty will not exceed 25% of your back taxes.

If you do not pay your full balance due, you will also owe interest on the unpaid amount.The interest rate is set quarterly by the federal government.

The current 2016 interest rate for underpayment of taxes is 4%.

Prashant Thakur

Prashant Thakur

Prashant Thakur is a practicing tax advisor on Income Tax Act of India . He also blogs on US taxation law (IRC) . He has more than 30 years of experience in dealing with tax issues ( 20 years on the other side of the table i.e for Income Tax department) . He has written three books - Tax Evasion Through Shares( 2008 & 2012) , Taxing Question Simple Answer (2013) and Crypto Taxation in USA (2022) . Other than taxation , he has great interest in cloud technology, WordPress and is found of small tech company .
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