Anyone with a 2019 federal income-tax return or payment normally due on April 15, 2020, can use the extension. That includes corporations, trusts, and estates. Note that the extension applies to gift and generation-skipping taxes as well. If taxes are paid by the due date, income and gift tax returns may file for an extension to October 15, 2020. Estate tax-return due dates and payments did not change.
The taxpayer does not have to be sick, quarantined, or otherwise directly affected by COVID-19. All taxpayers filing 2019 income, gift, and generation-skipping tax returns, or making income, gift, and/or generation-skipping tax payments, are eligible.
The taxpayer must pay any income taxes due by July 15, 2020. This includes the 10% additional tax due for distributions made before age 59½ from qualified accounts.
Automatic payments scheduled for April 15 will not change unless the taxpayer takes action.
The extension applies and the deadline for 2019 contributions is July 15, 2020.
These are also payments that must be made by the income tax due date, so the extension applies to them as well. Thus, the deadline for 2019 contributions is July 15, 2020.
Alert: State, county, and municipal tax payment deadlines may not change! Clients should check with their state and local tax jurisdictions.
The extension of the deadline for IRA and qualified account contributions creates an excellent opportunity for clients to keep saving—and recent market volatility may make protecting a portion of the account a part of the conversation.
For additional information about IRS Notice 2020-18 and the associated Q&A, please contact the Retirement Strategies Group at (800) 722-2333, or email us at RSG@PacificLife.com.
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