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Hurricane Irene Tax Deadline Relief

  

For Affected Taxpayers

  

The Internal Revenue Service is providing tax relief to individual and business taxpayers impacted by Hurricane Irene.

 

The IRS has announced that certain taxpayers in North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Vermont and Puerto Rico will receive tax relief, and other locations are expected to be added in coming days following additional damage assessments by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

 

The tax relief postpones certain tax filing and payment deadlines to Oct. 31, 2011. It includes corporations and businesses that previously obtained an extension until Sept. 15, 2011, to file their 2010 returns and individuals and businesses that received a similar extension until Oct. 17. It also includes the estimated tax payment for the third quarter of 2011, which would normally be due Sept. 15.

 

Tax Relief Available So Far (as of September 6, 2011)

 

Filing and payment relief is currently available to taxpayers in federal disaster areas declared in North Carolina, New Jersey, New York State, Vermont and Puerto Rico. The IRS expects to announce tax relief for taxpayers in other areas as damage assessments continue. So far, IRS filing and payment relief applies to the following counties and municipalities:

  • In Vermont: Chittenden, Rutland, Washington and Windsor;
  • In North Carolina: Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Halifax, Hyde, Lenoir, Onslow, Pamlico, Pitt, Tyrrell and Washington and;
  • In New Jersey: Bergen, Essex, Morris, Passaic and Somerset;
  • In New York: Albany, Clinton, Delaware, Dutchess, Essex, Greene, Montgomery, Nassau, Orange, Ostego, Rensselaer, Rockland, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Sullivan, Suffolk, Ulster, Warren and Westchester; and 
  • In Puerto Rico: Caguas, Canovanas, Carolina, Cayey, Loiza, Luquillo and San Juan.
     

For Affected Preparers 

 

The Internal Revenue Service  is granting taxpayers whose preparers were affected by Hurricane Irene until Sept. 22 to file returns normally due Sept. 15. The taxpayer's preparer must be located in an area that was under an evacuation order or a severe weather warning because of Hurricane Irene, even if the preparer is located outside of the federally declared disaster areas.

 

This relief, which primarily applies to corporations, partnerships and trusts that previously obtained a tax filing extension, is available to taxpayers regardless of their location.

 

Please feel free to contact our office with any questions on the above information.

 

In accordance with U.S.Treasury Regulations, we wish to inform you that, unless we expressly state otherwise, any tax advice contained in this e-mail, including attachments, is not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used by any taxpayer, for the purpose of avoiding penalties that may be imposed by the Internal Revenue Service. Please feel free to call if you have any questions regarding this matter.

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