Sales Tax Filing Due Dates by State, October 2023 Dates

Boo! Don’t let October’s sales tax filing due dates give you a scare. Here’s a round-up of all the deadlines this month.

Don’t get tricked on Halloween this year—make sure you get your monthly or quarterly sales tax returns filed on time.

Sales Tax Filing Due Date: October 16

• Maine: Monthly and quarterly sales tax due

Maine’s sales tax filing due date is typically by the 15th of the month, but that falls on a Sunday this October, pushing the due date to the next day.

Sales Tax Filing Due Date: October 20

• Alabama: Monthly and quarterly sales tax due
• Arizona: Monthly sales tax return due
• Arkansas: Monthly and quarterly sales tax due
• Colorado: Monthly and quarterly sales tax due
• District of Columbia: Monthly, quarterly and annual sales tax due
• Florida: Monthly and quarterly sales tax due
• Georgia: Monthly and quarterly sales tax due
• Hawaii: Monthly and quarterly sales tax due
• Idaho: Monthly and quarterly sales tax due
• Illinois: Monthly and quarterly sales tax due
• Indiana: Monthly sales tax due
• Kentucky: Monthly and quarterly sales tax due
• Louisiana: Monthly and quarterly sales tax due
• Maryland: Monthly and quarterly sales tax due
• Michigan: Monthly and quarterly sales tax due
• Minnesota: Monthly and quarterly sales tax due
• Mississippi: Monthly and quarterly sales tax due
• Nebraska: Monthly and quarterly sales tax due
• New Jersey: Monthly and quarterly sales tax due
• New York: Monthly sales taxes due
• North Carolina: Monthly sales tax due*
• Oklahoma: Monthly and quarterly sales tax due
• Pennsylvania: Monthly and quarterly sales tax due
• Puerto Rico: Monthly sales tax due
• Rhode Island: Monthly sales tax due*
• South Carolina: Monthly and quarterly sales tax due
• South Dakota: Monthly and quarterly sales tax due
• Tennessee: Monthly and quarterly sales tax due
• Texas: Monthly and quarterly sales tax due
• Virginia: Monthly and quarterly sales tax due
• West Virginia: Monthly and quarterly sales tax due
• Wisconsin: Monthly sales tax due*

Most state governments get a real treat on October 20, as monthly and quarterly sales tax returns are due.

* indicates states with different monthly and quarterly filing due dates in October.

Sales Tax Filing Due Date: October 23

• Ohio: Monthly sales tax due

Sales Tax Filing Due Date: October 25

• Kansas: Monthly and quarterly sales tax due
• New Mexico: Monthly and quarterly sales tax due
• Vermont: Monthly and quarterly sales tax due
• Washington: Monthly sales tax due.*

* indicates states with different monthly and quarterly filing due dates in October.

Sales Tax Filing Due Date: October 30

• Massachusetts: Monthly and quarterly sales tax due

Sales Tax Filing Due Date: October 31

• Alaska: Monthly and quarterly sales tax due (Alaska doesn’t have a state sales tax, but many cities do)
• California: Monthly and quarterly sales tax due
• Connecticut: Monthly and quarterly sales tax due
• Iowa: Monthly sales tax due
• Missouri: Monthly and quarterly sales tax due
• Nevada: Monthly and quarterly sales tax due
• North Carolina: Quarterly sales tax due*
• North Dakota: Monthly and quarterly sales tax due
• Rhode Island: Quarter sales tax due
• Utah: Monthly sales tax due
• Washington: Quarterly sales tax due
• Wisconsin: Quarterly sales tax due
• Wyoming: Monthly sales tax due

* indicates states with different monthly and quarterly filing due dates in October.

Before you head out to trick or treat on Halloween, make sure you get your sales tax returns in. A few states: North Carolina, Rhode Island, Washington and Wisconsin, collect quarterly sales tax returns on the last day of the month and monthly returns on the 20th. Don’t let the switcheroo catch you off guard.

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