Date: March 8th 2006

This just in from local IRS, and I haven't seen it published elsewhere, so I hope this may be of use to you:

Additional clarification was requested for how the tax relief noted in the California Disaster News Release issued on February 14, 2006 affects taxpayers who make payments, such as estimated tax payments for the fourth quarter, by the April 3, 2006 extended deadline through the Electronic Federal Tax Payment System (EFTPS).

The following notification has been provided from the Customer Assistance Service (CAS) Submission Processing Center, Tax Payment Management Branch and Communication, Liaison and Disclosure, Stakeholder Liaison Headquarters, Payroll and Practitioner Liaison:

There is no indicator necessary on EFTPS tax payments. Any allowance for penalty relief will be provided at the time the return is filed. Taxpayers should continue to pay using EFTPS as usual. Then annotate their tax return with the appropriate disaster language for penalty relief consideration. In the case of the Northern California floods, landslides and mudslides that occurred between December 17, 2005 and January 3, 2006 in the counties under the Presidentially declared disaster area, "Severe Storms, Floods, Mudslides and Landslides - CA" should be written in red ink at the top of their tax forms or any other documents filed with the IRS.




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