There’s even more good news for the victims of severe flooding in Minnesota and North Dakota. Not only is the weather getting better but residents get some extra breathing room from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
Since the flooding occurred so close to the April 15 due date, taxpayers and relief workers directly impacted by the flooding will have until May 15, 2009, to file and make payments for their 2008 returns. Taxpayers affected by the flood will not incur late filing or payment fees and interest. To take advantage of the extension, affected taxpayers should mark paper tax returns with the words “severe storms, flooding.” Taxpayers who file their returns electronically can use the “disaster” feature in the software, if available.
This relief applies to flood victims in Clay, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Polk, Traverse and Wilkin counties in Minnesota.
It also applies to the following counties and Indian Reservations in North Dakota: Adams, Barnes, Benson, Billings, Burleigh, Cass, Cavalier, dinkey, Dunn, Emmons, Foster, Grand Forks, Grant, Hettinger, Kidder, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh, McKenzie, McLean, Mercer, Morton, Nelson, Oliver, Pembina, Ramsey, Ransom, Richland, Sargent, Sioux, Stark, Stutsman, Walsh, and Williams counties, and Standing Rock and Spirit Lake Indian reservations
And, of course, if you are affected by the flooding, our thoughts are with you.
