Millions of Americans have about two weeks to pay up, the IRS announced.
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on Friday issued an alert to millions of taxpayers who filed for a an extension earlier this year that their filing deadline is in mid-October.
“To avoid a possible late filing penalty, those who requested an extension to file their 2022 tax return should file their Form 1040 on or before Monday, Oct. 16,” the agency wrote on Sept. 29. “IRS Free File is available through Oct. 16 and lets qualified taxpayers prepare and file federal income tax returns online using guided tax preparation software,” it added.
Individuals who were impacted by flooding in Vermont have until Nov. 15 to file, the release also said. Those impacted by the Maui fires in Hawaii several weeks ago or Hurricane Idalia in Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina have until Feb. 24, 2024, to file their 2022 tax returns, according to the release.
The Oct. 16 deadline also applies to taxpayers in most of California as well as areas in Alabama and Georgia who fall under a disaster exemption, it said.
Residents of 55 California counties were given an extension for their state and federal taxes due to severe weather and flooding that occurred throughout the state last winter, the IRS announced in January. Notably, the IRS earlier this year sent out payment notices to some Californians in June before the tax agency released a statement saying that they don’t have to pay until the October deadline.
Some extensions also include taxpayers in Alaska and Illinois impacted by recent flooding. They have until Oct. 31 to file their returns, the IRS said Friday.
Government Shutdown?
A day before the IRS issued its release about the Oct. 16 deadline, the U.S. Treasury Department, which oversees the agency, released a contingency plan (pdf) that includes furloughs to about 60,000 IRS employees—or about two-thirds of its workforce.
A spokesperson for the Treasury Department told the Federal News Network this week the potential furloughs will have “significant impacts” on taxpayers. Most of the agency’s tax functions would also halt during the event of a shutdown, the spokesperson added.
