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IRS postpones tax filing deadline one month for California storm victims

The IRS announced on Monday that it has postponed the tax filing and tax payment deadline by one more month for most Californians, due to the winter storms that occurred at the start of the year.

The postponement comes after the deadlines had already been postponed by six months, from mid-April to Oct. 16, due to several disaster declarations over several months.
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The California Franchise Tax Board also postponed the state tax filing and payment deadline another month to Nov. 16, and the agency said that it “generally conforms to IRS postponement periods for presidential declared disasters.”

The new deadline of Nov. 16 gives residents of 55 of California’s 58 counties four extra weeks to complete their tax return for 2022.

Only Lassen, Modoc and Shasta counties, in the far north, do not qualify for the postponement.

The IRS said it granted the postponed deadline because of disaster declarations made by the Federal Emergency Management Agency after the state saw strong winter storms in January and March that caused flooding, landslides and mudslides.

Californians do not have to do anything different with their taxes in order to qualify for the new deadline, and their eligibility will be determined by the address on the tax return, the IRS said.

However, the IRS said that certain Californians may not automatically qualify if they moved to a disaster area during the first postponement of the deadline and then filed their tax return.

Anyone who has questions about whether they qualify for the new deadline can contact the IRS at 866-562-5227.

The IRS said that the following returns and payments qualify for the Nov. 16 deadline: