IRS provides relief for taxpayers affected by Hurricane Idalia

The IRS has announced disaster relief extending federal tax deadlines for taxpayers in certain Florida and Georgia counties as well as all of South Carolina to Feb. 15, 2024. This relief is in response to Hurricane Idalia and Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA’s) resulting disaster area declarations.

Federal tax deadline relief eligibility

The covered disaster area includes the following counties in Florida:

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

Relief is also provided to these Georgia counties:

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

In addition, all forty-six counties in the state of South Carolina qualify for relief.

The federal tax relief applies to:

• Individuals who live in the covered disaster area,
• Businesses (including tax-exempt organizations) whose principal place of business is located in the covered disaster area,
• Certain relief workers in the covered disaster area and any individual visiting the covered disaster area who was killed or injured as a result of the disaster, and
• Taxpayers not in the covered disaster area, but whose records necessary to meet a deadline are in the covered disaster area.

Taxpayers qualifying for relief but living outside the disaster area should contact the IRS at +1 (866) 562 5227.