Deadlines coming for taxpayers hit by disasters

Taxpayers in disaster areas who received extensions to file their 2023 returns must, depending on their location, file their returns by Feb. 3 or May 1, 2025.

Taxpayers in the entire states of Louisiana and Vermont, all of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and parts of Arizona, Connecticut, Illinois, Kentucky, MinnesotaMissouriMontanaNew YorkPennsylvaniaSouth DakotaTexas and Washington state have until Feb. 3 to file.

Those in all of AlabamaFloridaGeorgiaNorth Carolina and South Carolina and parts of AlaskaNew Mexico, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia  have until May 1 to file. For these taxpayers, May 1 will also be the deadline for filing their 2024 returns and paying any tax due.

Hurricane Milton damage in Florida
Destroyed homes after Hurricane Milton in St. Pete Beach, Florida, on Oct. 10.
Tristan Wheelock/Bloomberg

Taxpayers who live or have a business in Israel, Gaza or the West Bank and certain other taxpayers affected by the terrorist attacks in the State of Israel also have until Sept. 30 this year to file and pay. This includes all 2023 and 2024 returns.

Eligible taxpayers are individuals and businesses affected by various disasters that occurred during the late spring through the end of 2024. For extension filers, payments on the 2023 tax year returns are not eligible for the additional time because they were originally due last spring before any of these disasters occurred.

The IRS normally provides relief, including postponing various tax filing and payment deadlines, for any area designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The current list of eligible localities is on the disaster relief page on IRS.gov.

The agency will work with any taxpayer who lives outside the disaster area but who has records necessary to meet a deadline occurring during the postponement period in the affected area. Taxpayers qualifying for relief who live outside the disaster area should contact the IRS at (866) 562-5227. This also includes workers who assisted with relief who are affiliated with a recognized government or philanthropic organization.

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