October 2025 Tax Tips

January 1, 2025

Whoa up there, cowboy. We’re not there yet.

Brett Eldredge via Giphy

I can’t tell you how thrilled I am that you want more tax tips. But as the animated fellow above notes, we’re not there — there being October 2025 — yet.

Rest assured that once the calendar page flips to Oct. 1, this page will start filling up with tax information to help you file your 2024 tax return or make moves to save on this year’s taxes.

And yes, you can click on November and December tax tip links, too, in the monthly list below the scary glowing jack o’lanterns. Those tax tips pages are live, in the sense that like this October page, the links will open instead of going to my 404 page.

But the coming months’ tax tips pages don’t have any advice yet because, well, they are definitely not here. Instead, you’ll just find this energetic guy telling you to whoa up. Rest assured, tips will be added as those months arrive.

Again, I appreciate your wanting more tax tips, and your patience on waiting for them to be posted.

UPDATE, Oct. 1, 2025: Due to the ol’ blog’s host shutting its doors, I’m in the process of moving Don’t Mess With Taxes to another server. Since we’re talking almost 20 years of tax posts, it is going to take some time. Unfortunately, some features must be put on hold while the changes are made. I appreciate your patience while this happens.

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Tax Season 2026 Continues!

We made it. Tax Day 2025 is finally over. For most of us. When the filing season started on Jan. 26, millions who were expecting refunds filed immediately. Most of us got our returns to the Internal Revenue Service by April 15. But plenty of taxpayers also got extensions. They are looking at an Oct. 15 filing deadline.

Those procrastinating filers aren’t a problem. In fact, the IRS appreciates taxpayers who take time to fill out their 1040 forms correctly. It also is grateful that tax submissions are spread out a bit, especially now that the IRS is a leaner agency. Processing returns is easier when they arrive throughout the year instead of in massive bunches.

But enough about Uncle Sam’s tax collection issues. The focus now is on all y’all who filed for extensions, giving you another six months to complete your return. Since your new mid-October due date will be here before you know it, let’s get started now on meeting it.

The ol’ blog is here to help you finish up your extended Form 1040. You can start with January’s tax tips page, which has links to the rest of the year’s tips by-month collections. You also can peruse various tax categories for more tailored advice by clicking on the More Tax Posts drop-down menu at the top of this (and every) page.

And to make sure you don’t miss your new filing deadline, the count-down clock below will let you know just how much time you to file by Oct. 15. At the latest.e. (Note: I’m in the Central Time Zone, so adjust accordingly for where you live.)

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