When you stay in California or sure different catastrophe areas, watch your mail. The IRS is sending a particular follow-up mailing to taxpayers in a number of states affected by disasters to allow them to know that they’ve further time to pay their taxes. The IRS is taking this particular step to assist reassure taxpayers affected by disasters that they do have further time to file and pay their taxes. This new mailing goes to residents in California and 7 different states in designated catastrophe areas that obtained a CP14 discover from the IRS in late Could and June.

The sooner mailings are for taxpayers who’ve a stability due, and they’re despatched out as a authorized requirement. Whereas the discover obtained by taxpayers says they should pay in 21 days, these taxpayers even have till later this yr to well timed pay beneath the catastrophe declaration. Briefly, the brand new notices are excellent news, meant to ensure that these taxpayers have extra time. The mailings (in English and Spanish), generally known as a CP14CL, will happen through the subsequent few weeks.

The discover goes to affected folks in eight states contains further info to assist taxpayers perceive the catastrophe aid they’ve obtained. The brand new discover contains the next: “Since your tackle of file is situated in a federally declared catastrophe space, the IRS has robotically granted you catastrophe aid. This provides you an extension of time to file your tax returns in addition to make your tax fee listed on the CP14 Notices. You do not want to contact us to get this further time to pay.”

The overwhelming majority of letter recipients are in California, with smaller numbers of taxpayers scheduled to obtain the follow-up letter in catastrophe areas in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Mississippi and Tennessee.

The IRS has additionally up to date the insert that can accompany upcoming CP14 balance-due notices to make it clearer that the fee date listed within the letter does not apply to these lined by a catastrophe declaration, and the catastrophe dates stay in impact. The IRS can also be together with a particular QR code that takes folks to the IRS.gov catastrophe web page.