What happened to the April 15 income tax deadline in Florida? There’s a reprieve

The April 15 filing deadline for taxpayers has been bumped back two weeks in Florida due to several hurricanes in 2024. Susan Tompor USA TODAY NETWORK
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By Howard Cohen

The deadline to file your taxes is April 15. Unless you live in Florida. The Internal Revenue Service has announced it’s extending the deadline date to May 1 because of a series of hurricanes that slammed the state — Debbie in August and then the two-fer Helene and Milton two weeks apart in September and October.

Who does the tax filing date apply to?

The new May 1, 2025, tax filing deadline date, rather than the traditional April date this year, applies to people and businesses who live or are based anywhere in Florida, not just the counties that got hit from the 2024 storms. So that includes Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach and Monroe counties in South Florida.

Read more at: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article303927571.html#storylink=cpy

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