[StBernard] Tax Return additional time IR-2006-96

[Westley Annis]

Hey Westley
I just got this in from the IRS.  We have even more additional time to file
the personal income taxes.
 
Dan Johnson, CPA

 
 
 
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IRS Provides Additional Time to File Individual Tax Returns 
In Areas Hardest Hit by Katrina
IR-2006-96, June 19, 2006

WASHINGTON - The Internal Revenue Service is providing additional time to
file 2004 and 2005 individual income tax returns through Oct. 16, 2006 for
certain affected taxpayers hit hardest by Hurricane Katrina. 

Earlier this year, the IRS granted a postponement through Aug. 28, 2006, for
certain time-sensitive acts for Katrina victims in the most severely damaged
parishes and counties of Louisiana and Mississippi. The IRS is now granting
additional time through Oct. 16, 2006, for these affected taxpayers to file
certain individual income tax returns.  The additional time to file
individual income tax returns applies only for affected taxpayers in 31
Louisiana parishes, 49 Mississippi counties and 11 Alabama counties.

Specifically, the IRS is granting additional time through Oct. 16, 2006, for
affected taxpayers to file the following individual income tax returns:
*          2004 individual income tax returns, originally due on April 15,
2005, for which taxpayers obtained an extension of time to file until Oct.
15, 2005, and for which the previous grant of disaster relief postponed the
due date to Aug. 28, 2006.
*          2005 individual income tax returns, originally due on April 15,
2006, for which the previous grant of disaster relief postponed the due date
to Aug. 28, 2006.

This additional postponement of time is not available for any other
time-sensitive acts besides these two types of returns.

To ensure that they receive the relief to which they are entitled, affected
taxpayers should mark "Hurricane Katrina" in red ink on the top of their
returns. In addition, affected taxpayers may identify themselves as eligible
for relief by calling the IRS Disaster Hotline at (866) 562-5227.

Legal guidance is available in IRS Notice 2006-56. A full listing of the
affected counties is also described on IRS.gov, News Release IR-2006-30 and
Notice 2006-20.
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