I have a question about estate taxes?

Are they due on April 15th as well, like income taxes? My mother's estate is still open and I'm not sure if I need to file for an extension for her estate taxes.

Public Comments

1. Final 1040, income through date of death, due 4/15. Estate 1041, income after date of death, can be a calendar year return (due 4/15) or a fiscal year return (due 3.5 months after the end of the fiscal year). Yes you can get an extension--but it's not the form 4868. If there have been distributions, warn the k-1 recipients it will be late so they can get an extension too. Estate 706 (rare), due 9 months from date of death. This is the one if you owned $2M in assets and if you did, hire someone....