Late on April 9, 2020, the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued additional deadline extensions for individuals and businesses. Notice 2020-23 expands previously released relief, which gave certain taxpayers a three month extension on filing and paying income taxes without late-filing and late payment penalties and interest. The updated extensions generally encompass all taxpayers that have a filing or payment deadline on or after April 1, 2020 and before July 15, 2020, including individuals, trusts, estates, corporations, partnerships and other non-corporate tax filers, as well as those who live and work abroad.
Click HERE to read the announcement on the IRS website. Following are key points regarding the new extensions.
- Individual taxpayers needing additional time beyond the July 15, 2020 deadline can still request an extension to October 15, 2020; however, they will need to estimate and pay taxes due by July 15th to avoid penalties and interest.
- The deadline for second quarter estimated tax payments for individuals and corporations has been extended to July 15, 2020, without penalty
- The statute of limitations for filing a 2016 return to claim a refund has been extended from April 15, 2020 to July 15, 2020. Any filing postmarked after July 15th will be forfeited to the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
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