How to file disaster extension, Florida

[DoninGA]

Go to this IRS website for information - https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-announces-tax-relief-for-victims-of-hurricane-ian-in-florida

Individuals and households affected by Hurricane Ian that reside or have a business anywhere in the state of Florida qualify for tax relief. The declaration permits the IRS to postpone certain tax-filing and tax-payment deadlines for taxpayers who reside or have a business in the disaster area. For instance, certain deadlines falling on or after September 23, 2022, and before February 15, 2023, are postponed through February 15, 2023.

This means individuals who had a valid extension to file their 2021 return due to run out on October 17, 2022, will now have until February 15, 2023, to file. The IRS noted, however, that because tax payments related to these 2021 returns were due on April 18, 2022, those payments are not eligible for this relief.

[SteamTrain]

Read the appropriate state link on the IRS's hurricane Ian page:

Help for victims of Hurricane Ian | Internal Revenue Service (irs.gov)

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The extension will be automatic, as long as you already had an existing extension to the original 17 Oct deadline.

Usually that is granted based on the address on the tax return...but not sure what they are doing for those who were wiped out and forced to move to, and file from a non-disaster area.

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Given past similar situations:

1) You will not be able to "Efile" it using TurboTax after mid-October, using either the Online or the Desktop software.  Only some local professional tax preparers would be able to e-file after the original 17 Oct deadline.

2)  You can still paper file 2021 taxes by mail using TTX after 17 October...BUT...you would have to download/install/and use the desktop/download software on a full MAC or Windows computer.    Be sure to download yoru .tax2021 data file for use in the desktop software, before the end of October so that you can use that file after that date.   The file will probably be available after this month...but..there is usually a dead period during November (2-4 weeks or so, but not determined exactly) where the file cannot be downloaded by anyone.  But be forewarned....mail-filed taxes can take months to get processed, and that will depend on how successful the IRS is in hiring new process folks between now and the time you actually file.

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[Critter-3]

FYI ... even paid tax pros using professional programs will not be able to efile during the annual "black out period" starting around Thanksgiving until mid January for the IRS switch to the next filing season.   So any returns completed during this time frame would either need to be mailed in or held until the efiling system reopens in 2023. 

[ajn1130]

I am not seeing how to file in Turbo Tax the option to file is not there 

[DoninGA]

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@ajn1130 wrote:

I am not seeing how to file in Turbo Tax the option to file is not there 

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After you have completed the tax return the program should take you to the File section of the program.

Click on File on the left side of the online program screen.