--- title: "IRS Form 8809: how firms can request a 30-day return extension" description: "IRS Form 8809: how firms can request a 30-day return extension" --- [Skip to content](https://blog.plexusgroupe.com/plexus-blog/news/irs-form-8809-way-firms-request-30-day-return-extension#main-content) [![The Plexus Groupe](https://blog.plexusgroupe.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Logo%20and%20Design%20Files/plexus_sis_logo_color.png?width=1468&height=368&name=plexus_sis_logo_color.png "The Plexus Groupe")](https://www.plexusgroupe.com/) # IRS Form 8809: how firms can request a 30-day return extension 27 February 2017 [Mike Wilkening](https://blog.plexusgroupe.com/author/mike-wilkening) [Employee Benefits](https://blog.plexusgroupe.com/tag/employee-benefits), [Human Resources](https://blog.plexusgroupe.com/tag/human-resources), [News](https://blog.plexusgroupe.com/tag/news), [Health Insurance](https://blog.plexusgroupe.com/tag/health-insurance) The first IRS Affordable Care Act deadlines for Tax Year 2016 hit employers this week. If affected firms don't yet have a gameplan for Forms 1094-1095, they should consider filing [IRS Form 8809](http://esub/irs-pdf/f8809.pdf) for a 30-day extension, as the first 1094-1095 extension deadline is **Tuesday, February 28, 2017**. Firms with 50 or more full-time employees must file Forms 1094-1095 to show whether they have made an offer of health coverage to the employees. (For reference, here are official IRS instructions on [Forms 1094-1095 B](https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i109495b.pdf) and [1094-1095 C.](https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i109495c.pdf)) This week's 1094-1095 deadlines are as follows, with **deadlines for extensions in bold:** √ Firms electing to file Forms 1094-1095 on paper -- an option only available to companies with less than 250 full-time employees -- must file by Tuesday, February 28. Firms wishing to file electronically have until March 31. **Firms wanting to file on paper who seek an extension must file one by Tuesday, February 28.** √ Firms filing Form 1095-B or 1095-C must have them postmarked and in the mail to employees by Thursday, March 2. **Firms seeking an extension to furnish Forms 1095-C or 1095-B to employees must do so by Thursday, March 2. ** IRS Form 8809, *Application for Extension of Time To File Information Returns,* gives filers an "automatic" 30-day extension, per IRS guidance.  Form 8809 [can be filed online](https://www.irs.gov/tax-professionals/e-file-providers-partners/filing-information-returns-electronically-fire), and a second Form 8809 can be filed for another 30-day grace period "before the end of the first extension period," according to the IRS. If you would like more guidance on the filing and preparation of IRS Forms 1094-1095, contact Plexus Technology Services at 972-770-5010. 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