IRS gives nonprofits in 62 Texas counties hit by July storms until Feb. 1 to file their annual returns
The relief, announced Oct. 27, reaches back to deadlines from July 14, so it covers Form 990 series returns that already fell due in August, September and October for organizations based in counties including Harris, Travis and Bexar.
Washington. Tax exempt organizations based in 62 Texas counties struck by severe storms that began on July 14 have until Feb. 1, 2027, to file federal returns that fell due in the months since, the Internal Revenue Service said on Oct. 27.
The relief follows a disaster declaration issued by the State of Texas, numbered SD-0018-DR, and covers Atascosa, Austin, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Brazoria, Brewster, Burnet, Caldwell, Colorado, Comal, Crockett, DeWitt, Dimmit, Edwards, Fayette, Fort Bend, Frio, Galveston, Gillespie, Goliad, Gonzales, Grimes, Guadalupe, Harris, Hays, Jackson, Karnes, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Kinney, La Salle, Lavaca, Lee, Live Oak, Llano, Mason, Matagorda, Maverick, McMullen, Medina, Menard, Mitchell, Pecos, Real, Schleicher, Sutton, Terrell, Travis, Uvalde, Val Verde, Victoria, Waller, Washington, Webb, Wharton, Williamson, Wilson, Zapata and Zavala counties. It applies to deadlines falling on or after July 14 and before Feb. 1.
What it covers for nonprofits
The IRS names "annual information returns of tax-exempt organizations" among the returns postponed, whether their original or extended due date falls in that window. An organization qualifies when its principal place of business is in one of the counties.
Because the window opened more than three months before the announcement, it takes in deadlines that have already passed. On the agency's own table of due dates, those include the first due dates for tax years ending March 31 through Aug. 31, which run from Aug. 15 to Jan. 15, and the extended due dates for years ending Sept. 30 through Nov. 30, which fell on Aug. 15, Sept. 15 and Oct. 15. Groups whose tax year ends Dec. 31 and that are on extension to Nov. 15 also have until Feb. 1.
Quarterly payroll returns due July 31 and Nov. 2 move to Feb. 1 as well. Payroll tax deposits do not: penalties on deposits due from July 14 to July 28 are waived only if the deposits were made by July 29. Information returns in the W-2, 1099 and related series are not postponed unless Revenue Procedure 2018-58 lists them.
How organizations get it
The IRS applies the relief automatically to taxpayers whose address of record is in the covered area. Relief workers with a recognized government or philanthropic organization assisting in the area also qualify, as do organizations outside it whose records needed to meet a deadline are inside it; those must call IRS Special Services to ask for it. An organization that receives a late filing or payment penalty notice for a deadline in the window is told to call the number on the notice.
The release also notes the Disaster Related Extension of Deadlines Act, Public Law 119-64, under which a disaster postponement counts as an extension when the IRS calculates how much tax can be refunded.
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