Do you have to file your taxes on April 15 in Florida? Five things to know

The IRS has extended Florida’s tax deadline to May 1, 2025, due to the hurricanes that hit the state last summer. The change affects residents and businesses across all Florida counties.

So if you’re scrambling to make the tradition April 1 deadline, you have a couple of weeks to file.

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Here are five points to know:

▪ The IRS has extended the tax filing deadline to May 1, 2025, for Florida residents and businesses due to hurricanes Debbie, Helene and Milton that hit the state in 2024.

▪ The extension applies to all Florida counties, covering individual, corporate, estate, trust, partnership, S corporation, gift, and generation-skipping transfer tax returns, among others.

▪ The Postal Service will not offer a “drive through” for last-minute tax return submissions in Miami this year, and no extended hours are planned for post offices on April 15 or May 1.

▪ Besides Florida, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina have a May 1 deadline for all residents, while Alaska, New Mexico, Tennessee and Virginia have extended deadlines for selected counties.

▪ The IRS has also extended deadlines for other disasters, such as California wildfires and terrorist attacks in Israel, with varying deadlines beyond May 1. Free tax preparation assistance is available through VITA and TCE sites.

The summary points above were compiled with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in the Miami Herald newsroom. The full story in the link at top was reported, written and edited entirely by Miami Herald journalists.

This story was originally published April 14, 2025 at 11:34 AM.