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People and businesses affected by the wildfires and straight-line winds in Southern California will be allowed extra time to file their tax returns and make tax payments, the IRS announced on January 10. Anyone in Los Angeles County now has until October 15, 2025 to submit taxes that normally would have been due between January 7 and October 15. That includes individual tax returns and business taxes including:
- Quarterly payroll and excise tax returns,
- Calendar-year partnership and S corporation returns,
- Calendar-year corporation and fiduciary returns and payments, and
- Calendar-year tax-exempt organization returns.
It's possible that the IRS may allow residents of other counties to qualify as well, if they fall within a FEMA-declared disaster area. The IRS has posted a list of eligible locations on its website. Taxpayers in the affected areas will automatically be allowed to file on the October 15 deadline, and don’t need to contact the IRS.
If you don’t live or have a business in the affected areas, but have records there you need to complete your taxes, contact the IRS for assistance, the agency said.
People or businesses in a federal disaster area can also choose to claim “uninsured or unreimbursed disaster-related losses” on either their 2024 or 2025 tax returns.