Florida Tax Deadline Extension for 2025: What You Need to Know
If you live in Florida the IRS has extended your federal income tax deadlines.
Florida had a devastating storm season last year as several ripped through the state: Debby, Helene, and Milton chief among them.
Those hurricanes unleashed over 40 tornadoes, wreaking havoc through the state and taking a personal toll with lost lives and massive flooding leading to damages estimated at around $50 billion.
As a result, the IRS has extended the tax deadline for all of Florida to May 1, 2025. As Kiplinger has reported, that new deadline also applies to impacted residents in several other hard-hit states.
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Read on for what to know.
Tax deadline 2025: Florida
The Florida tax deadline extension covers tax filing and payment deadlines normally due between Oct. 5, 2024, and May 1, 2025.
All taxpayers in Florida have until May 1, 2025, to fulfill their tax obligations, including filing federal tax returns and making payments initially due during this period.
- Taxpayers with Floridian addresses on file with the IRS will automatically receive filing and penalty relief without contacting the agency.
- However, those who moved to the disaster area after filing their return may receive penalty notices and should contact the IRS to have penalties waived.
- Those living outside the designated disaster area but requiring relief because records are in the affected region should contact the IRS disaster hotline at 866-562-5227.
Florida tax deadlines
The May 1, 2025 filing deadline impacts several tax obligations, including partnership and corporation returns, and tax-exempt organization returns.
Additionally, the May 1, 2025 tax extension applies (but may not be limited) to the following:
- If you live in an affected area, your 2024 return, normally due during March or April 2025, has been extended.
- Any individual, business, or tax-exempt organization that already had an extension on their 2023 federal return. (Note: payments are not extended to the new due date.)
- 2024 quarterly estimated tax payments that are normally due on Jan. 15, 2025, and 2025 estimated payments normally due on April 15, 2025.
- Quarterly payroll and excise tax returns that are typically due on Oct. 31, 2024, and Jan. 31 and April 30, 2025.
The IRS disaster relief page has more information on eligible returns, payments, and tax-related actions. See also Kiplinger’s report: States with IRS Tax Deadline Extensions.
How to claim disaster casualty loss in Florida
Affected taxpayers may be able to make an itemized deduction on their federal returns. Hurricane Milton victims can claim the disaster casualty loss on either their 2023 income tax return or their 2024 income tax return.
You can deduct personal property losses not covered by insurance or other reimbursement. This may include amounts for reasonable and necessary expenses related to the casualty loss, like your home’s repair.
For more information, see Kiplinger’s Report on How the IRS Can Help If You’re Affected by Federally Declared Disasters.
Florida corporate income filing extensions
The Florida Department of Revenue also announced statewide relief for corporate income and franchise tax return due dates. The filing period follows the IRS deadline of May 1, 2025. For more information, see the state’s corporate income tax page.
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