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Does Your State Qualify for a Tax Extension?

By Erin Kahn
Dec 20, 2023

Unfortunately, the U.S. has been hit with a lot of natural disasters this year. If you live in one of the states where these disasters occurred, you may have longer to file your 2022 taxes, and you may qualify for some form of tax relief. That’s because the IRS has extended federal tax deadlines for states designated as federal disaster areas by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

So, does your area qualify? Let’s find out.

States that were not impacted

If you live in one of these states, the regular tax deadline of April 18th still applies:

  • Alaska
  • Arizona
  • Colorado
  • Connecticut
  • Delaware
  • Hawaii
  • Idaho
  • Illinois
  • Iowa
  • Kansas
  • Kentucky
  • Louisiana
  • Maine
  • Maryland
  • Massachusetts
  • Michigan
  • Minnesota
  • Missouri
  • Montana
  • Nebraska
  • Nevada
  • New Hampshire
  • New Jersey
  • New Mexico
  • North Carolina
  • North Dakota
  • Ohio
  • Oklahoma
  • Oregon
  • Pennsylvania
  • Rhode Island
  • South Dakota
  • Texas
  • Utah
  • Virginia
  • Washington
  • West Virginia
  • Wisconsin
  • Wyoming

States that qualify

If you live in one of these states, you may be entitled to an extended tax deadline, and even some forms of tax relief. To qualify, most states require you to have an address of record in the area where the disaster occurred.

Alabama

  • Extended deadline (for both federal and state taxes): October 16, 2023
  • Federal tax relief: available to individuals and businesses in Autauga or Dallas counties
  • State tax relief: available to individuals and businesses in Autauga and Dallas counties

Arkansas

  • Extended deadline (for both federal and state taxes): July 31, 2023
  • Federal tax relief: available to individuals and businesses in Cross, Lonoke, and Pulaski counties
  • State tax relief: available to residents of Cross, Lonoke, and Pulaski counties

California

  • Extended deadline (for both federal and state taxes): October 16, 2023 (federal extension does not apply to residents of Lassen county; state extension does not apply to residents of Lassen, Modoc, and Shasta counties)
  • Federal tax relief: available to individuals and businesses in Alameda, Colusa, Contra Costa, El Dorado, Fresno, Glenn, Humboldt, Kings, Lake, Los Angeles, Madera, Marin, Mariposa, Mendocino, Merced, Modoc, Mono, Monterey, Napa, Orange, Placer, Riverside, Sacramento, San Benito, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Shasta, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Tulare, Ventura, Yolo, and Yuba counties
  • State tax relief: available to individuals and businesses in the counties listed above, with the exception of Lassen, Modoc, and Shasta

Florida

  • Extended deadline: Broward County residents had the federal tax deadline extended until August 15, 2023; residents of counties impacted by Hurricane Idalia who had a 2022 individual tax return due October 16, 2023 now have until February 15, 2024 to file (payments were still due April 18, 2023)
  • The new deadline for Hurricane Idalia victims also applies to quarterly estimated taxes—which are usually due on September 15, 2023 and January 16, 2024—and to businesses whose 2022 tax extensions ran out September 15, 2023 or October 1, 2023
  • Penalties on payroll or excise taxes that were due August 27, 2023 or later were abated until September 11, 2023
  • Tax relief: Available to individuals and business in the counties of Alachua, Baker, Bay, Bradford, Brevard, Calhoun, Charlotte, Citrus, Clay, Collier, Columbia, DeSoto, Dixie, Duval, Flagler, Franklin, Gadsden, Gilchrist, Gulf, Hamilton, Hardee, Hernando, Hillsborough, Jefferson, Lafayette, Lake, Lee, Leon, Levy, Liberty, Madison, Manatee, Marion, Nassau, Orange, Osceola, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Putnam, Sarasota, Seminole, St. Johns, Sumter, Suwannee, Taylor, Union, Volusia and Wakulla

Georgia

  • Extended deadline: January storm victims now have until October 16, 2023 to file federal taxes and May 15, 2023 to file state taxes; Hurricane Idalia victims who had an extension through October 16, 2023 now have until February 15, 2024 to file their taxes
  • Federal tax relief: available to victims of the January storms in Butts, Henry, Jasper, Meriwether, Newton, Spalding, and Troup counties; available to Hurricane Idalia victims in Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Berrien, Brantley, Brooks, Bulloch, Camden, Candler, Charlton, Clinch, Coffee, Colquitt, Cook, Echols, Emanuel, Glynn, Jeff Davis, Jenkins, Lanier, Lowndes, Pierce, Screven, Tattnall, Thomas, Tift, Ware, and Wayne counties
  • State tax relief: available to residents of Georgians in Butts, Crisp, Henry, Jasper, Meriwether, Newton, Pike, Spalding, and Troup counties

Indiana

  • Extended deadline (for both federal and state taxes): July 31, 2023
  • Federal tax relief: available to individuals and businesses in Allen, Benton, Clinton, Grant, Howard, Johnson, Lake, Monroe, Morgan, Owen, Sullivan and White counties
  • State tax relief: available to individuals and businesses in Allen, Benton, Clinton, Grant, Howard, Johnson, Lake, Monroe, Morgan, Owen, Sullivan and White counties

Mississippi

  • Extended deadline (for both federal and state taxes): July 31, 2023
  • Federal tax relief: available to individuals and businesses in Carroll, Humphreys, Monroe, and Sharkey counties
  • State tax relief: available to individuals and businesses in Carroll, Humphreys, Monroe, and Sharkey counties
  • Relief may also be available to residents who reside elsewhere but whose taxes are kept in one of the disaster areas

New York

  • Extended deadline for federal taxes: May 15, 2023
  • Federal tax relief: available to individuals and businesses in Erie, Genesee, Niagara, St. Lawrence and Suffolk counties
  • State tax relief: New York residents must file an extension by April 18, 2023

South Carolina

  • Extended deadline for federal taxes: individuals who had an extension until October 16, 2023 can now file until February 15, 2024; this also applies to quarterly estimated taxes that were usually due September 15, 2023 and January 16, 2024; penalties on payroll and excise taxes due August 29, 2023 or later will be abated until September 13, 2023
  • Federal tax relief: available to individuals and businesses in all 46 counties of South Carolina

Tennessee

  • Extended deadline for federal taxes: July 31, 2023
  • Federal tax relief: available to individuals and businesses in Cannon, Hardeman, Hardin, Haywood, Lewis, Macon, McNairy, Rutherford, Tipton and Waynes counties
  • State tax relief: Tennessee has no individual income tax, but has announced an extension to July 31, 2023 for businesses located in designated disaster areas

Vermont

  • Extended deadline for federal taxes: November 15, 2023; this only applies to federal tax returns that were extended until October 16, 2023
  • State tax relief: individuals filing with a federal or state extension now have until November 15, 2023 to file; business income tax (including estimated tax payments) that were due between July 7, 2023 and November 15, 2023 are now extended until November 15, 2023

How do I claim the federal tax filing extension?

If the address you have on file with the IRS is located in a designated disaster area, you should automatically get a filing extension and tax penalty relief. You don’t need to contact the IRS unless you get a notice about a late filing or penalty payment. If you do, simply call the number on the notice to have your penalty abated. You can find out more at https://www.disasterassistance.gov/.