{"id":69582,"date":"2025-01-03T09:28:04","date_gmt":"2025-01-03T17:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=69582"},"modified":"2025-01-03T09:28:04","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T17:28:04","slug":"irs-reminder-to-disaster-area-taxpayers-with-extensions-all-or-parts-of-14-states-2-territories-need-to-file-2023-returns-by-feb-3-others-have-until-may-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=69582","title":{"rendered":"IRS reminder to disaster area taxpayers with extensions: All or parts of 14 states, 2 territories need to file 2023 returns by Feb. 3; others have until May 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>IR-2025-01, <strong>Jan. 3, 2025,\u00a0WASHINGTON<\/strong> \u2014The Internal Revenue Service today reminded disaster-area taxpayers who received extensions to file their 2023 returns that, depending upon their location, their returns are due by Feb. 3 or May 1, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Currently:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Taxpayers in the entire states of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/newsroom\/around-the-nation-louisiana\">Louisiana<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/newsroom\/around-the-nation-vermont\">Vermont<\/a>, all of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/newsroom\/around-the-nation-us-territories\">Puerto Rico<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/newsroom\/around-the-nation-us-territories\">Virgin Islands<\/a> and parts of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/newsroom\/around-the-nation-arizona\">Arizona<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/newsroom\/around-the-nation-connecticut\">Connecticut<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/newsroom\/around-the-nation-illinois\">Illinois<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/newsroom\/around-the-nation-kentucky\">Kentucky<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/newsroom\/around-the-nation-minnesota\">Minnesota<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/newsroom\/around-the-nation-missouri\">Missouri<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/newsroom\/around-the-nation-montana\">Montana<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/newsroom\/around-the-nation-new-york\">New York<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/newsroom\/around-the-nation-pennsylvania\">Pennsylvania<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/newsroom\/around-the-nation-south-dakota\">South Dakota<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/newsroom\/around-the-nation-texas\">Texas<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/newsroom\/around-the-nation-washington\">Washington<\/a> state have until Feb. 3, 2025, to file their 2023 returns.<\/li>\n<li>Taxpayers in the entire states of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/newsroom\/around-the-nation-alabama\">Alabama<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/newsroom\/around-the-nation-florida\">Florida<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/newsroom\/around-the-nation-georgia\">Georgia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/newsroom\/around-the-nation-north-carolina\">North Carolina<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/newsroom\/around-the-nation-south-carolina\">South Carolina<\/a>, and parts of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/newsroom\/irs-relief-now-available-to-flood-victims-in-the-juneau-area-multiple-deadlines-postponed-to-may-1-2025\">Alaska<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/newsroom\/irs-announces-tax-relief-for-victims-of-severe-storms-and-flooding-in-chaves-county-new-mexico-various-deadlines-postponed-to-may-1-2025\">New Mexico<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/newsroom\/around-the-nation-tennessee\">Tennessee<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/newsroom\/around-the-nation-virginia\">Virginia<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/newsroom\/irs-announces-tax-relief-for-victims-of-post-tropical-storm-helene-in-west-virginia-various-deadlines-postponed-to-may-1-2025\">West Virginia<\/a> will have until May 1, 2025, to file their 2023 returns. For these taxpayers, May 1 will also be the deadline for filing their 2024 returns and paying any tax due.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Eligible taxpayers are individuals and businesses affected by various disasters that occurred during the late spring through the end of 2024. For extension filers, <strong>payments<\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The IRS normally provides relief, including postponing various tax filing and payment deadlines, for any area designated by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fema.gov\/\">Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)<\/a>. As long as their address of record is in a disaster-area locality, individual and business taxpayers automatically get the extra time, without having to ask for it. The current list of eligible localities is always available on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/newsroom\/tax-relief-in-disaster-situations\">disaster relief<\/a> page on IRS.gov.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the IRS will work with any taxpayer who lives outside the disaster area but whose records necessary to meet a deadline occurring during the postponement period are located 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 activities who are affiliated with a recognized government or philanthropic organization.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Special relief for terrorist attacks in Israel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/newsroom\/irs-announces-new-relief-for-taxpayers-affected-by-terrorist-attacks-in-israel-2023-and-2024-returns-and-payments-are-now-due-sept-30-2025-other-relief-available\">Israel<\/a> have until Sept. 30, 2025, to file and pay. This includes all 2023 and 2024 returns.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IR-2025-01, Jan. 3, 2025,\u00a0WASHINGTON \u2014The Internal&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s-a"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=69582"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69583,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69582\/revisions\/69583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=69582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=69582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=69582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}