IRS extends tax deadline for Texans after water systems fail

Published February 23, 2021 9:36pm ET



The Internal Revenue Service announced that Texas residents, who have been battered by frigid winter temperatures, water system failures, and power outages, will receive a tax filing deadline extension.

Those who call the Lone Star State home will have until June 15 to submit their tax paperwork in lieu of the April 15 deadline, which applies to those who are unaffected by the disaster, according to a Monday announcement from the agency. The IRS’s move follows a disaster declaration by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

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