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Taxpayers in several states, including Arkansas, Tennessee, and Kentucky, have received tax filing and payment extensions due to severe weather.
Residents of Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, and parts of Alaska, New Mexico, and Virginia have until May 1, 2025, to file.
Those affected by the Los Angeles County wildfires have until October 15, 2025.
People living in Tennessee, Arkansas and a handful of other states will have more time to file their taxes as the Internal Revenue Service accommodates victims of natural disasters.
The postponement is meant to serve people and businesses impacted by severe weather that brought brutal storms, flooding and tornadoes earlier this month, according to IRS. The two states joined Kentucky and some West Virginia counties in having a deadline of Nov. 3, 2025, to file tax returns and make tax payments without having to request relief from the agency.
"The IRS automatically provides filing and penalty relief to any taxpayer with an IRS address of record located in the disaster area," the IRS said in a Monday news release.
A number of other states will also have later deadlines, including May 1 and Oct. 15. Those living outside the affected states have the option to request an automatic extension until Oct. 15 but still must pay the IRS any money they owe by Tuesday, April 15.
Arkansas and Tennessee were among several states battered by severe weather that unleashed flash flooding and tornadoes on April 2. Fueled by a stagnant atmospheric river, the storms caused thousands of power outages, destroyed homes and killed at least seven people.
The IRS also offered a deadline extension for victims of Hurricane Helene that devastated the Southeast from Florida to West Virginia in September, as well as victims of the Los Angeles County wildfires in January.
Here's which deadlines apply to victims of natural disasters.
Which taxpayers have until May 1, 2025?
All taxpayers in the states of Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida
Taxpayers in the city and borough of Juneau , Alaska
, Taxpayers in Chaves County, New Mexico
Taxpayers in the following 36 Virginia counties : Albemarle Appomattox Bedford Bland Botetourt Bristol City Buchanan Buckingham Carroll Charlotte Covington City Craig County Danville City Dickenson Floyd counties Galax City Giles Grayson Greene Lee Madison Montgomery Nelson Norton City Patrick Pittsylvania Pulaski Radford City Roanoke Russell Scott Smyth Tazewell Washington Wise Wythe
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Which taxpayers have until Oct. 15, 2025?
Taxpayers impacted by January wildfires in Los Angeles County, California
Which taxpayers have until Nov. 3, 2025?
All taxpayers in the states of Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky
Taxpayers in the following 12 West Virginia counties : Boone Greenbrier Lincoln Logan McDowell Mercer Mingo Monroe Raleigh Summers Wayne Wyoming
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Is the tax deadline April 15 at midnight?
For those without extensions, the deadline to pay taxes is on April 15 at midnight in the time zone the taxpayer is based in, according to H&R Block.
Those who mail in official tax forms will meet the deadline as long as they properly postmark it by the due date even if it is received later. Meanwhile, those who file online or through tax software must transmit on or before midnight on April 15 to avoid IRS penalties.
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