The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the US Treasury Department have announced that they will be extending filing and payment deadlines for the 2019 tax year.
- For US individuals and corporations with April 15, 2020 tax deadlines, the date has been extended to July 15, 2020
- Taxpayers can also defer federal income tax payments due on April 15, 2020, to July 15, 2020, without penalties and interest, regardless of the amount owed
- US expatriates will see their deadline extended by a month from June 15, 2020 to July 15, 2020
Note: tax refunds will continue to be issued within the usual amount of time- around 21 days from the date of filing.
Additionally, any changes to deadlines can be found on the
IRS’ COVID-19 resource page here.
For more information on US tax filings,
please contact us and an advisor from our tax department will be happy to assist you.