The IRS has extended until Feb. 15, 2024, various tax-filing deadlines for individuals and businesses recently impacted by Hurricane Idalia, which first made landfall on Florida’s west coast on Aug. 27, 2023.
The postponed deadline applies automatically to taxpayers with homes or businesses located in South Carolina and 49 of Florida’s 67 counties that have been declared federal disaster areas. Affected Florida counties include de 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 counties.
The relief also applies to:
The tax reporting and payment obligations qualifying for the Feb. 15, 2024, deadline without risk of penalty include:
Individuals in the affected disaster areas who participate in employer-sponsored retirement savings plans or individual retirement accounts may also be eligible to take a special penalty-free disaster distribution and record that amount as income over a three-year period. Retirement savers may also qualify for a hardship withdrawal, based on their plan documents and IRA rules.
Taxpayers who incurred casualty losses due to Hurricane Idalia can claim a disaster-related casualty loss on their 2022 or 2023 federal income tax returns. Please consult your tax advisors to determine which option is best suited to your unique needs and circumstances.
Qualified disaster relief payments are generally excluded from gross income. In general, this means that affected taxpayers can exclude from their gross income amounts received from a government agency for reasonable and necessary personal, family, living or funeral expenses, as well as for the repair or rehabilitation of their home, or for the repair or replacement of its contents.
About the Author: Sean Deviney is a CFP®* professional, a retirement plan advisor and a director with Provenance Wealth Advisors (PWA), an Independent Registered Investment Advisor affiliated with Berkowitz Pollack Brant Advisors + CPAs and a registered representative with PWA Securities, LLC. He can be reached at the firm’s Fort Lauderdale, Fla., office at (954) 712-8888 or info@provwealth.com.
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Posted on September 27, 2023