July 31, 2026 Business Tax Deadlines

July 31 cluster

The IRS third-quarter calendar lists July 31, 2026 as a cluster date for several business, payroll, excise, and plan-related items.

Last verified June 15, 2026

Not every July 31 item applies to every business. Use this checklist to identify the official IRS line to verify, then confirm the form instructions, account facts, threshold, and tax period before acting.

IRS July 31, 2026 checklist

IRS-listed item	What the public calendar says	What to verify before relying on it
Form 941	IRS lists filing Form 941 for the second quarter on July 31, 2026.	Employer filing requirement, quarter covered, deposit history, and whether a later timely-deposit rule applies.
FUTA deposit	IRS lists depositing FUTA owed through June if more than $500.	Whether FUTA applies and whether the accumulated amount is above the IRS-listed threshold.
Form 720	IRS lists filing Form 720 for the second quarter.	Whether the business has a federal excise-tax activity covered by the form.
Form 730	IRS lists filing Form 730 and paying the tax on wagers accepted during July.	Whether the wagering-tax rule applies and whether the activity and period match the form instructions.
Form 2290	IRS lists filing Form 2290 and paying the tax for vehicles first used during July.	Vehicle first-use date, taxable gross weight, registration facts, and form instructions.
Form 5500-related filings	IRS lists Form 5500, 5500-EZ, 5500-SF, 5558, or 8955-SSA for calendar-year 2024 employee benefit plans.	Plan year, plan type, extension status, and whether the IRS Form 5500 Corner or plan administrator has a different instruction.
Certain small employers	IRS lists a deposit item for certain small employers with specified tax liability wording.	Exact liability amount, year-to-date and quarter records, and whether the official small-employer condition applies.

Why this date deserves its own page

July 31 is one of the few July 2026 dates where the IRS public calendar groups multiple recognizable forms on the same day. That makes it a stronger search target than a generic past-date article. A small-business reader may search for Form 941 July 31, FUTA July 31, Form 720 second quarter, or Form 2290 July 2026. A single source-reviewed page can route those searches to the exact official source while making the limits clear.

The page should not collapse all those forms into one instruction. A payroll employer, an excise-tax filer, a heavy-vehicle filer, a plan administrator, and a wagering-tax filer have different rules. The useful public answer is: July 31 appears on the IRS third-quarter calendar for these items, but the reader must verify the specific form and situation.

Record checks before July 31

Identify the form or deposit line from the IRS calendar, not from memory.
Confirm the tax period: second quarter, through June, July activity, or calendar-year plan period.
Check whether the form instructions or an IRS account notice give a more specific date.
Check whether disaster relief, a valid extension, or a timely-deposit rule changes the ordinary public calendar date.
Keep filing acknowledgements, payment confirmations, EFTPS scheduling records, or administrator confirmations with the business records.

What this page does not decide

This page does not decide whether a business must file Form 941, whether FUTA exceeds the threshold, whether Form 720, Form 730, Form 2290, or Form 5500 applies, whether a deposit was timely, whether an extension is valid, or whether a penalty applies. It only organizes the July 31 lines from the IRS third-quarter calendar for forward-looking deadline planning.

Planning boundary

This is a forward-looking July 2026 list

As of the June 2026 planning window, this cluster starts with July 2026 dates. It is meant for readers looking ahead to the next calendar month, not for explaining deadlines that have already passed.

Some IRS items in July are specialized business or payroll dates. Punilog lists them because the IRS third-quarter calendar lists them, but the page deliberately avoids deciding whether a reader is covered by a payroll deposit rule, excise-tax form, employee benefit plan filing, or wagering-tax requirement.

Sources and verification

Official sources

Last verified: June 15, 2026. Jurisdiction: United States federal. Cycle: July 2026 upcoming deadline and closure list.

This page is informational and is not tax, payroll, legal, financial, employment, banking, postal, or professional advice. It does not decide whether a tax deadline applies, whether a business uses a monthly or semiweekly deposit rule, whether a federal office, bank, post office, employer, school, or private service will be open, or whether a specific return or payment is required. Verify details with the official source, the relevant agency, the financial institution, the employer, or a qualified professional when needed. Corrections Policy