The IRS issued Notice 2020-23 which extends more tax deadlines to cover individuals, estates, corporations, and others. This extension includes a variety of tax form filings and payment obligations that are due between April 1, 2020 and July 15, 2020, including estimated tax payments due June 15 and the deadline to claim refunds from 2016. The Notice also suspends associated interest, additions to tax, and penalties for late filing or late payment until July 15, 2020. This relief is automatic. Taxpayers do not have to call the IRS or file any extension forms, or send letters or other documents to receive this relief. This relief covers forms and their related schedules and attachments.
The new Notice expands upon earlier relief provided in Notice 2020-18 and Notice 2020-20. The new relief includes extending the following filing and payment deadlines:
- Individual income tax payments and return filings on Form 1040 and other forms in the 1040 series;
- Calendar year or fiscal year corporate income tax payments and return filings on Form 1120 and other forms in the 1120 series;
- Calendar year or fiscal year partnership return filings on Form 1065, U.S. Return of Partnership Income, and Form 1066, U.S. Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit (REMIC) Income Tax Return;
- Estate and trust income tax payments and return filings on Form 1041 and other forms in the 1041 series;
- Estate and generation-skipping transfer tax payments and return filings on Form 706 and other forms in the 706 series;
- Form 8971, Information Regarding Beneficiaries Acquiring Property from a Decedent, and any supplemental Form 8971;
- Gift and generation-skipping transfer tax payments and return filings on Form 709, United States Gift (and Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Return, that are due on the date an estate is required to file Form 706 or Form 706-NA;
- Estate tax payments of principal or interest due as a result of an election made under Code Sec. 6166, 6161 or Code Sec. 6163 and annual recertification requirements under Code Sec. 6166;
- Exempt organization business income tax and other payments and return filings on Form 990-T, Exempt Organization Business Income Tax Return (and proxy tax under Code Sec. 6033(e)); and
- Excise tax payments on investment income and return filings on Form 990-PF, Return of Private Foundation or Code Sec. 4947(a)(1) Trust Treated as Private Foundation, and excise tax payments and return filings on Form 4720, Return of Certain Excise Taxes under Chapters 41 and 42 of the Internal Revenue Code.
Time-sensitive Actions and Postponement of Certain Government Acts
The relief provided in the Notice includes extending the time for filing all petitions with the Tax Court, or for review of a decision rendered by the Tax Court, filing a claim for credit or refund of any tax, and bringing suit upon a claim for credit or refund of any tax. However, the Notice does not provide relief for the time period for filing a petition with the Tax Court, or for filing a claim or bringing a suit for credit or refund if that period expired before April 1, 2020. The Notice also provides additional time for the IRS to perform certain time-sensitive actions during this period. The IRS is giving itself an extra 30 days to perform these time-sensitive acts if the last date for performance is on or after April 6, 2020, and before July 15, 2020. Affected taxpayers include those under examination, those with cases with the Independent Office of Appeals, and those who submit amended returns or submit payments with respect to a tax for which the assessment period would expire on or after April 6, 2020, and before July 15, 2020. It also extends the application date to participate in the Annual Filing Season Program.
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