IRS reminds taxpayers of Oct. 15 tax-filing extension deadline; combat zones, disaster areas, Israel have more time.
Updated: October 14, 2024
Disaster-area taxpayers and military members and their families may have extra time to file. Those with an IRS address of record in areas covered by Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) disaster declarations and those returning from a combat zone may qualify for additional time to file.
Deadlines vary depending upon the disaster and locality. Details on all recent disaster relief are on the Around the nation page on IRS.gov. Currently:
Taxpayers in parts of Arkansas, Florida, Iowa, Kentucky, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and West Virginia have until Nov. 1, 2024, to file their 2023 tax year return.
Arkansas: Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Fulton, Greene, Madison, Marion, Nevada, Randolph, and Sharp counties
Florida: Baker, Columbia, Gadsden, Hamilton, Jefferson, Lafayette, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Santa Rosa, Suwannee, Taylor, and Wakulla counties
Iowa: Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Des Moines, Dickinson, Dubuque, Emmet, Floyd, Harrison, Howard, Humboldt, Jackson, Kossuth, Lyon, Mitchell, Monona, O'Brien, Osceola, Palo Alto, Plymouth, Pocahontas, Pottawattamie, Scott, Sioux, Winnebago, Winneshiek, Woodbury, and Worth and Wright counties
Kentucky: Boyd, Carter, Fayette, Greenup, Henry, Jefferson, Jessamine, Mason, Oldham, Union, and Whitley counties
Mississippi: Hancock, Hinds, Humphreys, Madison, Neshoba, and Scott counties
New Mexico: Lincoln, Otero, Rio Arriba and San Juan counties, and on lands of the Mescalero Apache TribeLincoln, Otero, Rio Arriba and San Juan counties, and on lands of the Mescalero Apache Tribe
Oklahoma: Blaine, Caddo, Cluster, Delaware, Jackson, Mayes, Muskogee, Roger Mills, Rogers and Woods counties
Texas: Anderson, Angelina, Aransas, Austin, Bowie, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson Calhoun, Cameron, Camp, Cass, Chambers, Cherokee, Colorado, Dewitt, Fayette, Fort Bend, Freestone, Galveston, Goliad, Gregg, Grimes, Hardin, Harris, Harrison, Hidalgo, Houston, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Kenedy, Kleberg, Lavaca, Lee, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Marion, Matagorda, Milam, Montgomery, Morris, Nacogdoches, Newton, Nueces, Orange, Panola, Polk, Refugio, Robertson, Rusk, Sabine, San Augustine, San Jacinto, San Patricio, Shelby, Trinity, Tyler, Upshur, Victoria, Walker, Waller, Washington, Webb, Wharton and Willacy counties
West Virginia: Boone, Brooke, Doddridge, Gilmer, Hancock, Kanawha, Lincoln, Marshall, Ohio, Roane, Tyler, Wetzel and Wood counties
Taxpayers in Florida: Due to Hurricane Milton, the Internal Revenue Service today announced relief for individuals and businesses in 51 counties in Florida. affected taxpayers in all of Florida now have until May 1, 2025, to file various federal individual and business tax returns and make tax payments, including 2024 individual and business returns normally due during March and April 2025 and 2023 individual and corporate returns with valid extensions and quarterly estimated tax payments.
Taxpayers in all or parts of Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, South Dakota, Texas, Vermont, Virgin Islands and Washington state have until Feb. 3, 2025, to file their 2023 tax year returns.
Connecticut: Fairfield, Litchfield, and New Haven counties
Illinois: Cook, Fulton, Henry, St. Clair, Washington, Will, and Winnebago counties
Kentucky: Adair, Allen, Ballard, Barren, Bell, Breckinridge, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Clay, Clinton, Crittenden, Cumberland, Edmonson, Estill, Fulton, Garrard, Graves, Grayson, Green, Greenup, Harlan, Hart, Hickman, Hopkins, Jackson, Knox, Larue, Laurel, Lee, Leslie, Livingston, Logan, Lyon, Marshall, McCracken, McCreary, McLean, Meade, Menifee, Metcalfe, Monroe, Muhlenberg, Ohio, Owsley, Perry, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Russell, Simpson, Todd, Trigg, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Whitley, and Woodford counties
Louisiana: Entire state
Minnesota: Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Cass, Cook, Cottonwood, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Houston, Itasca, Jackson, Lake, Le Sueur, Martin, McLeod, Mower, Murray, Nicollet, Nobles, Pipestone, Redwood, Renville, Rice, Rock, St. Louis, Sibley, Steele, Wabasha, Waseca, and Watonwan counties
Missouri: Barry, Bollinger, Butler, Carter, Howell, Madison, McDonald, New Madrid, Oregon, Reynolds, Ripley, Scott, Shannon, Stoddard, and Texas counties
New York: Suffolk County
Pennsylvania: Lycoming, Potter, Tioga, and Union counties
Puerto Rico: All 78 municipalities qualify
South Dakota: Aurora, Bennett, Bon Homme, Brule, Buffalo, Charles Mix, Clay, Davison, Douglas, Gregory, Hand, Hanson, Hutchinson, Jackson, Lake, Lincoln, McCook, Miner, Minnehaha, Moody, Sanborn, Tripp, Turner, Union, and Yankton counties
Texas: Anderson, Angelina, Aransas, Austin, Bowie, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson Calhoun, Cameron, Camp, Cass, Chambers, Cherokee, Colorado, Dewitt, Fayette, Fort Bend, Freestone, Galveston, Goliad, Gregg, Grimes, Hardin, Harris, Harrison, Hidalgo, Houston, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Kenedy, Kleberg, Lavaca, Lee, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Marion, Matagorda, Milam, Montgomery, Morris, Nacogdoches, Newton, Nueces, Orange, Panola, Polk, Refugio, Robertson, Rusk, Sabine, San Augustine, San Jacinto, San Patricio, Shelby, Trinity, Tyler, Upshur, Victoria, Walker, Waller, Washington, Webb, Wharton and Willacy counties
Vermont: Addison, Bennington, Caledonia, Chittenden, Essex, Franklin, Grand Isle, Lamoille, Orange, Orleans, Rutland, Washington, Windham, and Windsor counties
Virgin Islands: Islands of St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, and Water Island qualify
Washington: Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation qualify
Taxpayers affected by Helene in all or parts of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia will have until May 1, 2025, to file their 2023 tax year returns.
Alabama: All 67 counties qualify
Florida: Alachua, Bay, Bradford, Calhoun, Charlotte, Citrus, Collier, Columbia, Dixie, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gilchrist, Gulf, Hamilton, Hernando, Hillsborough, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Lafayette, Lee, Leon, Levy, Liberty, Madison, Manatee, Marion, Monroe, Okaloosa, Pasco, Pinellas, Santa Rosa, Sarasota, Sumter, Suwannee, Taylor, Union, Wakulla, Walton, and Washington counties
Georgia: All 159 counties qualify
North Carolina: Entire state qualifies
South Carolina: All 46 counties qualify
Tennessee: Carter, Cocke, Greene, Hamblen, Hawkins, Johnson, Unicoi and Washington counties
Virginia: City of Bedford, Bland, Bristol City, Buchanan, Carroll, Covington City, Craig, Danville City, Dickenson, Galax, Giles, Grayson, Montgomery, Norton City, Pittsylvania, Pulaski, Radford, Russell, Scott, Smyth, Tazewell, Washington, Wise, and Wythe counties
Taxpayers affected by the terrorist attacks in Israel have until Sept. 30, 2025, to file their 2023 returns and pay any tax due.
Members of the military and others serving in a combat zone typically have 180 days after they leave the combat zone to file returns and pay any taxes due.
Schedule and pay electronically
Taxpayers can file anytime and schedule their federal tax payments up to the Oct. 15, 2024, due date. They can pay online, by phone or with their mobile device and the IRS2Go app. Some other key points to keep in mind when filing and paying federal taxes electronically include:
Electronic payment options are easy and flexible. Taxpayers can pay when they file electronically using online tax software. Those who use a tax preparer should ask the preparer to make the tax payment through an electronic funds withdrawal from a bank account.
Electronic Federal Tax Payment System (EFTPS). Convenient, safe and easy, EFTPS allows for payments online or by phone using the EFTPS Voice Response System. EFTPS payments must be scheduled by 8 p.m. ET at least one calendar day before the tax due date.
IRS Direct Pay. This feature allows taxpayers to pay online directly from a checking or savings account for free and schedule payments up to 365 days in advance.
Pay by card. Payments can be made with a credit card, debit card or a digital wallet option. These are available through a payment processor. The payment processor, not the IRS, charges a fee for this service.
The IRS2Go mobile app provides access to mobile-friendly payment options, including Direct Pay and debit or credit card payments.
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Mark opened Mark Sullivan Consulting, PLLC in October 2022 after a decade of tax consulting in FinTech. He is fairly new to the Phoenix area having moved here from St. Louis, Missouri in July 2020.
Mark has over 30 years of experience, including several years with the IRS as a Revenue Officer and over 16 years as director at a firm that specialized in civil and criminal tax accounting, IRS representation and forensic accounting. He has been admitted as an expert witness for civil and criminal tax cases in both State and Federal courts. Since relocating to Arizona and returning to practice, he has concentrated on tax compliance and planning for individuals and businesses, advisory and representation services.
He has an unlimited licensed to practice as an Enrolled Agent nationwide and is a member of the National Association of Enrolled Agents.
A long-time Jeep enthusiast, Mark enjoys off-roading in his 2006 Jeep Wrangler LJ around the Southwest or wherever he goes on vacation.
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Mark Sullivan Consulting, PLLC.
Disclaimer: This article is for information purposes only and cannot be cited as precedent or relied upon in a tax dispute before the IRS.
Reference: IR-2024-260, IR-2024-264
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