The office of Governor Gavin Newsom has announced that California will conform to the filing extensions granted by the IRS for California storm victims. The FTB has officially extended filing and payment deadlines for applicable individuals and businesses until May 15, 2023.
This relief applies to all of the following deadlines:
- Individual income tax returns;
- Business return filings normally due between March 15 and April 18, 2023;
- Fourth quarter (2022) and first quarter (2023) estimated tax payments due on January 17, 2023, and April 18, 2023 respectively. Individual taxpayers can skip making the fourth quarter estimated tax payment and instead include it with the 2022 return as long as the return is filed on or before May 15, 2023;
- IRA and health savings account (HSA) contributions; and
- Quarterly payroll and excise tax returns, normally due on January 31, 2023, and April 30, 2023.
The FTB also announced they would suspend the mailing of collection notices to affected taxpayers for 30 days, beginning January 13, 2023.
The relief is automatically available to taxpayers who reside or have a business in the following counties:
| Alameda Butte Calaveras Colusa Contra Costa El Dorado Fresno Glenn Humboldt Kings Lake Los Angeles Madera Marin Mariposa Mendocino Merced Mono Monterey Napa Orange Placer | Riverside Sacramento San Benito San Bernardino San Diego San Francisco San Joaquin San Luis Obispo San Mateo Santa Barbara Santa Clara Santa Cruz Siskiyou Solano Sonoma Stanislaus Sutter Tehama Trinity Tulare Ventura Yolo Yuba |
To read the Governor’s news release for yourself, follow this link.