Tax shelter from the storm: IRS extends filing deadline for counties impacted by weather

by Katy St. Clair, Bay City News January 16, 2023January 13, 2023

Discovery Park near downtown Sacramento is inundated on Jan. 9, 2023, as a result of flooding on the American and Sacramento rivers. The IRS is extending tax filing day to May 15 for residents and businesses in counties hardest hit by recent storms. (Photo by Kenneth James/California Department of Water Resources via Bay City News)

The Internal Revenue Service has extended its annual tax return due date by a month for people who live in areas impacted by the recent storms, the IRS announced.

California storm victims now have until May 15 to file their individual or business taxes if their area was declared an emergency by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

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Katy St. Clair, Bay City News

Katy St. Clair got her start in journalism by working in the classifieds department at the East Bay Express during the height of alt weeklies, then sweet talked her way into becoming staff writer, submissions editor, and music editor. She has been a columnist in the East Bay Express, SF Weekly, and the San Francisco Examiner. Starting in 2015, she begrudgingly scaled the inverted pyramid at dailies such as the Vallejo Times-Herald, The Vacaville Reporter, and the Daily Republic. She has her own independent news site and blog that covers the delightfully dysfunctional town of Vallejo, California, where she also collaborates with the investigative team at Open Vallejo. A passionate advocate for people with developmental disabilities, she serves on both the Board of the Arc of Solano and the Arc of California. She lives in Vallejo.

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