Due to the devastating losses and power outages Florida suffered from Hurricane Irma, the Internal Revenue Service has offered tax relief to affected taxpayers. The IRS extended the filing deadline for certain individual and business tax returns and tax payments. The tax relief is applicable to tax filing and payment deadlines that were due starting on September 4, 2017.The new filing deadline is January 31, 2018. This new deadline is also extended to individuals and businesses who filed for a filing extension of October 16 (individuals) and September 15 (business).
The extended deadline does not apply to tax payments related to 2016 tax returns because those payments were originally due on April 18, 2017.
The IRS is also waiving late-deposit penalties for federal payroll and excise tax deposits normally due during the first 15 days of the disaster period.
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