The Minnesota Department of Revenue will open the state Individual Income Tax filing season on Monday, Jan. 28. For Minnesotans’ benefit and convenience, this date matches the opening day for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

The filing deadline to submit 2018 Minnesota income tax returns is Monday, April 15, 2019. This date matches the IRS’s filing deadline for 2018 federal income tax returns. Tax software providers and tax professionals will be accepting and preparing tax returns before Jan. 28, and will submit those returns when the IRS and state systems open later this month.

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