1 Filing and Payment Obligations

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[Verse 1]
April fifteenth circles on the calendar wall
Individuals scramble when the tax man calls
Corporations get the same date, no delay
Unless they chose a fiscal year that shifts the day
Month fifteen then becomes their filing gate
Mark it down before it's way too late

[Chorus]
File by the fifteenth, pay what you owe
March for partnerships, S corps in tow
Safe harbor shields you from the penalty sting
Prior year's tax or ninety percent bring
Electronic filing when your returns are tall
Extensions buy time but don't pause it all

[Verse 2]
Estimated payments quarterly appear
January, April, June, September's here
If last year's tax was under thousand bucks
You might escape the underpayment's cruel struck
But wealthy folks who earn above the line
Need one-ten percent to keep their safe design

[Chorus]
File by the fifteenth, pay what you owe
March for partnerships, S corps in tow
Safe harbor shields you from the penalty sting
Prior year's tax or ninety percent bring
Electronic filing when your returns are tall
Extensions buy time but don't pause it all

[Bridge]
Section sixty-six fifty-one part one
Failure to file brings pain when you're done
Five percent monthly, maxing twenty-five
Part two hits payment delays to survive
Accuracy penalties under sixty-six sixty-two
Twenty percent bite when your numbers aren't true

[Verse 3]
Fraud brings seventy-five percent despair
Section sixty-six sixty-three doesn't care
Interest compounds daily, never sleeps
Reasonable cause might stop penalty sweeps
Extensions automatic, six months you gain
But payment's still due or interest brings pain

[Outro]
March fifteenth, April's call
Electronic, heed them all
Safe harbor's your shelter wall
File on time, stand up tall

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