Tax Day has finally arrived in America. But if you live in one of 13 states, you might have more time to file a federal return this year.
The IRS is reminding many taxpayers that they have until May 1 to complete and file a return if they live in an area where the Federal Emergency Management Agency declared a disaster in 2024 or 2025.
And if you live in a handful of places, your deadline is being extended until the fall.
In all cases, the extension is available to both individuals and businesses. It also applies to both filing a return and making a tax payment, including estimated payments.
In some states, all residents in a given state can take advantage of this year’s extension, even if they were not personally affected by the disaster that hit their state. In other cases, the new deadline is only available to those living within certain parts of a state.
While disaster-related extensions are available to residents of numerous states this year, offering flexibility to taxpayers in areas impacted by disaster is nothing new. The IRS traditionally extends the tax deadline in declared disaster areas.
States with extended deadlines for income tax returns
To qualify for the deadline extension, your address of record typically must be in a disaster area locality in 2024 or 2025. If you live in one of these places, you automatically get the extension to the date listed without having to ask for it:
- Alabama (the whole state): May 1
- Alaska (the city and borough of Juneau): May 1
- Arkansas (the whole state): Nov. 3
- California (Los Angeles County): Oct. 15
- Florida (the whole state): May 1
- Georgia (the whole state): May 1
- Kentucky (the whole state): Nov. 3
- New Mexico (Chaves County): May 1
- North Carolina (the whole state): May 1
- South Carolina (the whole state): May 1
- Tennessee (the whole state): Nov. 3
- Virginia (the whole state): May 1
- West Virginia (the counties of Boone, Greenbrier, Lincoln, Logan, McDowell, Mercer, Mingo, Monroe, Raleigh, Summers, Wayne and Wyoming): Nov. 3
If you don’t live in one of these places, you still might be able to get an extension to file a return, but you’ll need to act fast, since the deadline is today. For more information, check out “IRS Announces 5 Key Dates for the 2026 Tax Season (With Late Penalties As High As 25%).”
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