IRS extended federal filing deadline for 2025 crypto returns lands Oct. 15, 2026
Crypto.News reports U.S. taxpayers who filed for an extension must file their 2025 federal returns, including digital-asset income, by Oct. 15, 2026, though tax owed was due in April.
Why it matters
Form 1099-DA reporting puts transaction-level digital-asset data in the IRS's hands for the first time, while the missing cost basis leaves filers to compute gains themselves. The penalty and interest accrual is a cash-flow consequence for extension filers who did not pay in April. Crypto.News's account is a single-outlet explainer and is not itself news of a market-moving event.
Key facts
U.S. taxpayers who requested an extension by the April 15 deadline have until Oct. 15, 2026 to file their 2025 federal returns.
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The filing extension did not postpone payment, so taxes owed for 2025 were generally still due April 15.
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IRS guidance says late filing can trigger monthly penalties reaching 25% of unpaid tax.
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Interest and possible late-payment penalties have been running on unpaid balances since the original April deadline.
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Many custodial brokers reported 2025 digital-asset sales on Form 1099-DA for the first time in this filing season.
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Most 2025 Forms 1099-DA report crypto sale proceeds but do not include taxpayer cost basis.
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Crypto sales, swaps, staking rewards and payments can trigger reporting obligations on federal tax returns.
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Oct. 15 applies to extension filers and is not a deadline covering every U.S. owner of Bitcoin, Ethereum or other digital assets.
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What happened
Crypto.News reports that U.S. taxpayers who requested a filing extension by the April 15 deadline now face an Oct. 15, 2026 deadline to file their 2025 federal returns, and that the extension did not move the payment date for tax owed. Interest and possible late-payment penalties have reportedly been accruing on unpaid balances since the original deadline, and IRS guidance cited by Crypto.News says monthly late-filing penalties can reach 25% of unpaid tax. The outlet describes Oct. 15 as applying only to extension filers rather than to every owner of Bitcoin, Ethereum or other digital assets. Crypto.News also notes that this is the first federal filing season in which many custodial brokers reported 2025 digital-asset sales on Form 1099-DA, which gives the IRS more transaction data but typically omits the taxpayer's cost basis. Crypto sales, swaps, staking rewards and payments can each trigger federal reporting, according to the same outlet. Only Crypto.News covers the deadline in the evidence, so every figure and claim here rests on that single report.
How the story developed
- First report
First report by Crypto.News
U.S. crypto tax deadline: What investors need to know by Oct. 15
- Official statement
IRS extends 2025 federal filing deadline to Oct. 15 for extension filers
Taxpayers who requested an extension by April 15 received additional time to file through Oct. 15, 2026; payment was not extended.
- Update
First filing season with broker-reported 2025 digital-asset sales
Many custodial brokers reported 2025 sales on Form 1099-DA, giving the IRS more transaction data while most statements omit cost basis.
- Update
Crypto.News publishes deadline explainer
Outlet published its account of what investors who filed for an extension need to do before Oct. 15, 2026.
Affected entities
Original sources
| Publisher | Report | Role | Published |
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| Crypto.News Crypto media | U.S. crypto tax deadline: What investors need to know by Oct. 15 | Original |
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