The Internal Revenue Service is giving Hurricane Irma victims in Florida until Jan. 31 to file some individual and business tax returns and make tax payments.
Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, along with 30 other members of Congress, has introduced a bill to provide tax relief to victims of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, in addition to the relief granted in recent weeks by the Internal Revenue Service.
It took two days after Hurricane Irma ripped through the British Virgin Islands, damaging or destroying an estimated 70 percent of the territory’s buildings, for the Caribbean tax haven to start piecing back together its lucrative corporate-registry business.
The Internal Revenue Service is giving tax-exempt organizations in the parts of Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands affected by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma more time to file their returns.
The Internal Revenue Service streamlined the rules to make it easier for 401(k)s and similar employer-sponsored retirement plans to make loans and hardship distributions to storm victims and members of their families.
The Internal Revenue Service is granting additional time to file returns and make payments for taxpayers in the Virgin Islands, with similar help expected for people in Florida and other states as well.
CPA firms in Florida were getting ready Friday for Hurricane Irma as it made its way to the Sunshine State after decimating several islands in the Caribbean.
