Extension of Time for Filing Returns

This document contains final and temporary regulations relating to the simplification of procedures for obtaining automatic extensions of time to file certain returns. For these returns, the final and temporary regulations also remove the requirements for a signature and an explanation of the need for an extension of time to file. The final and temporary regulations affect taxpayers who are required to file certain returns and need an extension of time to file. The text of the temporary regulations also serves as the text of the proposed regulations set forth in the notice of proposed rulemaking on this subject in the Proposed Rules section of this issue of the Federal Register.