Earlier this week, I posted a blog about the IRS extending the April 15 deadline to July 15. One downside to the original extension is that other filing deadlines over the next couple of months were not impacted. Well, now the IRS has announced that most deadlines falling between April 15 and July 14 are now extended to July 15. This post will focus on a few areas impacted by this announcement.
What types of returns are impacted
Here is part of what the IRS says in its notice:
Individuals, trusts, estates, corporations and other non-corporate tax filers qualify for the extra time. This means that anyone, including Americans who live and work abroad, can now wait until July 15 to file their 2019 federal income tax return and pay any tax due.
IRS News Release IR-2020-66
It appears to apply to any type of tax entity that has a filing and payment deadline between April 1 and July 14. The notice also specifies that this announcement covers Americans working abroad. If you wonder about a specific form, I would suggest looking in IRS Notice 2020-23.
Estimated Tax Payments also extended
Earlier this week, I noted the IRS extended the 1st estimated tax payment from April 15 to July 15. The 2nd estimated tax payment, which is due June 15, was not extended. Now, this new IRS notice also extends the 2nd estimated tax payment to July 15. That means both the 1st and 2nd estimated tax payments for 2020 are now due on July 15. Here is an updated table of the estimated tax payment due dates for 2020:
| Payment | Due Date |
| 1 | July 15 |
| 2 | July 15 |
| 3 | September 15 |
| 4 | January 15 |
2016 refunds extended
Income tax returns with a refund have three years after the original filing date to be filed. If a return with a refund is filed more than three years after a filing date, the IRS will not issue that refund. As part of the further extensions, the IRS has extended the unclaimed 2016 refund deadline from April 15 to July 15. That is excellent news for the many Americans who still have not filed their 2016 return.
Stay tuned for more updates
Updates are constantly coming from the IRS. I will continue to post updates as time permits. In particular I am waiting of the IRS to clarify exempt organizations. While exempt organizations had their business return Form 990-T extended, there is no mention of the information return 990. That deadline may still be May 15. Plus I will be doing a post about making payments to IRA’s and HSAs/MSAs. Stay tuned!