{"id":5083,"date":"2025-04-06T10:59:38","date_gmt":"2025-04-06T15:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/?p=5083"},"modified":"2025-04-06T11:10:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T16:10:31","slug":"sunday-morning-blog-april-6-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/sunday-morning-blog-april-6-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Morning Blog – April 6, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Tax Deadline Extended in Alabama for 2024 Tax Filings Due to FEMA-Declared Disaster<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Residents and businesses in Alabama affected by Hurricane Helene, which struck on September 22, 2024, have been granted significant tax relief by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Following a disaster declaration by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the IRS has extended the deadline for filing various federal individual and business tax returns, as well as making tax payments, to May 1, 2025. This extension applies statewide, covering all 67 counties in Alabama, and is designed to ease the burden on those recovering from the storm\u2019s widespread impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The relief covers a range of tax obligations originally due between September 22, 2024, and May 1, 2025. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our week got off to a good start with this announcement.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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This is good news, not only for AL residents but FL, GA, NC and SC clients as well.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This includes 2024 individual and business tax returns typically due in March or April 2025, as well as 2023 returns for those with valid extensions expiring in October 2024. Quarterly estimated income tax payments due on January 15 and April 15, 2025, and quarterly payroll and excise tax returns due on October 31, 2024, January 31, 2025, and April 30, 2025, are also postponed to May 1, 2025. However, tax payments for 2023 returns due on April 15, 2024, before the hurricane, are not eligible for this extension.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Taxpayers impacted by the disaster can also claim casualty losses on their federal income tax returns for either 2023 or 2024, using FEMA disaster declaration number 3618-EM. <\/em><\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The IRS is automatically providing this relief to those with an address of record in Alabama, meaning no additional paperwork or calls are required to qualify. Affected individuals and businesses facing late filing or payment penalties within the postponement period can contact the IRS to have them abated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This extension is part of a broader federal effort to support Alabama\u2019s recovery from Hurricane Helene, offering critical breathing room for those navigating the challenges of rebuilding. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Telephone Traffic Week Ending 4\/5 – 1,101 Calls <\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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Sunday Morning<\/strong> is the only<\/em> “Quiet Time”<\/strong> around here, this time of year, that is until the cleaning ladies arrive in the afternoon.<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Analyzing Call Activity and Control Cards Issued (which were 1,865) is How I Track Our Success<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Tax Deadline Extended in Alabama for 2024 Tax Filings Due to FEMA-Declared Disaster Residents and businesses in Alabama affected by Hurricane Helene, which struck on September 22, 2024, have been granted significant tax relief by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Following a disaster declaration by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the IRS has extended […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5091,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"2025-04-06T16:00:32Z","apple_news_api_id":"246a4400-a378-4389-928a-90421ce16850","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2025-04-06T16:11:05Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AJGpEAKN4Q4mSipBCHOFoUA","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[85,1,82],"tags":[9,105,223],"class_list":["post-5083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-firm","category-news","category-tax","tag-irs","tag-telephone","tag-traffic"],"apple_news_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5083"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5083\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5094,"href":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5083\/revisions\/5094"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}