IN-DEPTH: Today Is the IRS Tax-Filing Deadline: Here’s What You Need to Know

The top of a form 1040 individual income tax return for 2005 is seen atop a stack on the same at the Des Plaines Public Library in Des Plaines, Ill., on March 23, 2006. Tim Boyle/Getty Images

The deadline has finally arrived for filing 2022 tax returns, with some last-minute tax-filing tips potentially proving helpful to taxpayers.

The tax-filing deadline this year is midnight on April 18 because the regular date of April 15 falls on a weekend, followed by a Monday holiday in the District of Columbia.