The IRS typically offers relief, such as extending tax filing and payment deadlines, for areas designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Individual and business taxpayers in these disaster-affected regions automatically receive this extension, based on their address of record, without needing to request it.
After a troubling 2024 and a devastating start to 2025, extended tax deadlines are available to affected individuals and businesses in Florida and California for the filing of 2024 tax returns.
Back in October, the IRS announced relief for individuals and businesses in all 51 Florida counties for deadlines beginning October 5, 2024 through the first quarter of 2025. As a result, this is a reminder that affected taxpayers in all of Florida have until May 1, 2025 to file various federal individual and business tax returns and make tax payments. This applies to 2024 individual and business returns normally due during March and April 2025, quarterly estimated tax payments, and 2023 individual and corporate returns with valid extensions.
Extended to May 1, 2025:
Visit IRS.gov for more detailed information on specific municipalities and payroll tax deadlines.
All affected individuals and businesses located in the FEMA designated disaster area now have until October 15, 2025 to file returns and pay any taxes that were originally due from January 7, 2025 to October 2025.
Extended to October 15, 2025:
The California Franchise Tax Board (FTB) has granted the same October 15, 2025 extension for state tax obligations as well.
While the relief is automatic, any impacted taxpayers who reside or have a business located outside the covered disaster area should call the IRS disaster hotline at 866-562-5227 to request this tax relief.
Relief notices, disaster resources, information pertaining to specific localities, and ongoing updates are available on the Tax Relief in Disaster Situations webpage on the IRS.gov website.
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