@redbullcaddy wrote:
It was the California Franchise Tax Board, not the IRS, that assessed the penalty. The penalty was assessed after I filed. The IRS advises you to write "Los Angeles County Fires" on the top of the first page of your return if you are mailing the return. Are these returns being similarly flagged as entitled to the automatic extension to October 15, 2025 to file and pay if filed electronically with Turbo Tax?
You're asking the wrong question to the wrong people. Anything the IRS tells you to do, and any benefit the IRS extends (like an extended deadline) is not automatically passed on to the state or binding on the state. You would have to make sure the FTB also offered an extension (maybe they did, maybe they didn't, I don't live in CA). You would have to check the FTB rules to see if there was any special procedure you were supposed to follow, and you need to call the FTB to straighten this out.
