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IRS Extends Hurricane Tax Relief to Dallas and Tarrant Counties
By on September 29, 2017
Hurricane Harvey tax relief has been extended to taxpayers residing in Dallas and Tarrant counties.
Do Hurricane Harvey Victims Have Additional Time to File FBARs (Form 114)?
By on September 7, 2017
I recently explored in a separate Blog post whether partners that live outside the disaster area qualify for additional time to make tax payments and file returns if the partnerships are located inside the disaster area. A similarly burning question is whether hurricane victims have additional time to file FBARs (Form 114), the filing obligation for which arises under Title 31 rather than Title 26 of the United States Code and which have an extended due date of October 15, 2017. The proverbial jury was out on this issue until today, when FinCEN delivered a verdict.
By on September 6, 2017
When disaster strikes, the IRS may permit taxpayers additional time to make tax payments and file returns provided they qualify as "affected" taxpayers in counties that have been designated as federal disaster areas. IRC Sec. 7805A. While it is clear that partnerships with a principal place of business inside the disaster area qualify as affected taxpayers, what about the partners of those partnerships who live outside the disaster area? Do they qualify for tax relief? As is often the answer in the tax world, it depends.