The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently announced that individuals, households, and residents who have a business anywhere in the state of Florida qualify for Hurricane Ian tax relief.
Here are the highlight of the IRS’s recent declaration:
Certain deadlines falling on or after September 23, 2022, and before February 15, 2023, are postponed through February 15, 2023. For example, The February 15, 2023, deadline applies to the quarterly estimated tax payments, normally due on January 17, 2023 and to the quarterly payroll and excise tax returns normally due on October 31, 2022, and January 31, 2023. Businesses with an original or extended due date also have the additional time, including calendar-year corporations whose 2021 extensions run out on October 17, 2022.
Individuals who had a valid extension to file their 2021 return due to run out on October 17, 2022, will now have until February 15, 2023, to file. However, because tax payments related to these 2021 returns were due on April 18, 2022, those payments are not eligible for Hurricane Ian tax relief.
Penalties on payroll and excise tax deposits due on or after September 23, 2022, and before October 11, 2022, will be abated as long as the tax deposits are made by October 11, 2022.
If an affected taxpayer receives a late filing or late payment penalty notice from the IRS that has an original or extended filing, payment, or deposit due date that falls within the postponement period, the taxpayer should call the telephone number on the notice to have the IRS abate the penalty.
The IRS will automatically identify taxpayers located in the covered disaster area (Florida) and apply filing and payment relief. But affected 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.
Taxpayers not in the covered disaster area, but whose records necessary to meet a deadline are in the covered disaster area, are also entitled to Hurricane Ian tax relief.
In addition, all relief workers affiliated with a recognized government or philanthropic organization assisting in the relief activities in the covered disaster area and any individual visiting the covered disaster area who was killed or injured as a result of the disaster are entitled to relief.
Under section 7508A, the IRS gives affected taxpayers until February 15, 2023 to file most tax returns (including individual, corporate, and estate and trust income tax returns; partnership returns, S corporation returns, and trust returns; estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer tax returns; annual information returns of tax-exempt organizations; and employment and certain excise tax returns), that have either an original or extended due date occurring on or after September 23, 2022, and before February 15, 2023, will be abated as long as the tax deposits were made by February 15, 2023.
Affected taxpayers that have an estimated income tax payment originally due on or after September 23, 2022, and before February 15, 2023, will not be subject to penalties for failure to pay estimated tax installments as long as such payments are paid on or before February 15, 2023.
The IRS also gives affected taxpayers until February 15, 2023, to perform other time-sensitive actions that are due to be performed on or after September 23, 2022, and before February 15, 2023, are postponed through February 15, 2023. For a more thorough explanation of time-sensitive actions, please contact TaxProblem Solver.
Casualty Losses
Affected taxpayers in a federally declared disaster area have the option of claiming disaster-related casualty losses on their federal income tax return for either the year in which the event occurred, or the prior year.
Individuals may deduct personal property losses that are not covered by insurance or other reimbursements.
Affected taxpayers claiming the disaster loss on their return should put the Disaster Designation, "FL Hurricane Ian" in bold letters at the top of the form. Be sure to include the FEMA disaster declaration number, DR-4673-FL, on any return.
Other Hurricane Ian Tax Relief
The IRS will waive the usual fees and requests for copies of previously filed tax returns for affected taxpayers. Taxpayers should put the assigned Disaster Designation "FL Hurricane Ian" in bold letters at the top of Form 4506, Request for Copy of Tax ReturnPDF, or Form 4506-T, Request for Transcript of Tax ReturnPDF, as appropriate, and submit it to the IRS.
Affected taxpayers who are contacted by the IRS on a collection or examination matter should explain how the disaster impacts them so that the IRS can provide appropriate consideration to their case. Taxpayers may download forms and publications from the official IRS website, IRS.gov.
Full details of the declaration can be found on the IRS website.
If you are a Floridian who has been affected by Hurricane Ian, or if you need any kind of tax resolution help, please reach out to me or any of my Tax Problem Solver Team for help.
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