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Failure-to-File Penalty. Also known as the âlate filing penalty,â this fee may be assessed if you do not file your tax return (or tax extension application) by the proper due date. This deadline is April 15 for most individual taxpayers, and March 15 for most businesses.lso known as the âlate payment penalty,â this fee may be assessed if you do not pay your income tax liability by the proper due date. This deadline is April 15 for most individual taxpayers, and March 15 for most businesses.
1 The penalty for filing late is normally 5 percent of the unpaid taxes for each month or part of a month that a tax return is late. 2  That penalty starts accruing the day after the tax filing due date and will not exceed 25 percent of your unpaid taxes. The failure-to-file penalty is generally more than the failure-to-pay penalty. 2  You should file your tax return on time each year, even if youâre not able to pay all the taxes you owe by the due date.