The IRS is giving individuals and businesses across Florida until May 1 to file various federal tax returns and make payments, following last year’s devastating Hurricane Milton.
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Although the relief was initially announced in October 2024 for specific counties impacted by the storm, the IRS confirmed to Local 10 News Monday that the extension now applies to all taxpayers in Florida.
Officials said anyone living or running a business anywhere in the state qualifies for the extended deadline, which includes filing 2023 tax returns with valid extensions, 2024 returns due in March or April 2025, and quarterly estimated payments due in January and April 2025.
Taxpayers affected by previous storms, including Hurricane Debby and Hurricane Helene, are also covered under this relief, according to the IRS.
Florida joins Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and several counties in Tennessee and Virginia to have their tax deadline extended.
The automatic extension applies to a wide range of returns and payments — including individual, corporate, partnership, estate, and certain nonprofit filings — as long as their original deadlines fell between Oct. 5, 2024 and May 1, 2025.
Floridians can also choose to claim disaster-related losses on their 2023 or 2024 returns. When doing so, they should reference FEMA disaster declaration number FEMA-3622-EM.
In addition to tax filing and payment relief, the IRS is also waiving fees for copies of past returns for affected taxpayers.
“Additional relief may be available to affected taxpayers who participate in a retirement plan or individual retirement arrangement,” the IRS stated in a news release.
For more details, visit the disaster relief section on IRS.gov. Taxpayers who live outside of Florida but were otherwise affected — such as those with tax records stored in the state — are encouraged to call the IRS disaster hotline at 866-562-5227.
