COVID-19 Tax Payment Deferral

by | Mar 18, 2020 | Covid-19

Following President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin stated at a press conference on March 17, 2020 that individuals can defer tax payments up to $1 million for 90 days. Corporations can defer up to $10 million of tax payments for 90 days.

The $1 million limit for individuals was established to cover small businesses and passthrough entities, he said.

“We encourage those Americans who can file their taxes to continue to file their taxes [by] April 15,” Mnuchin said, especially encouraging people who will be getting tax refunds to do so. “Just file your taxes,” he said, and “you will automatically not get charged interest and penalties” on payments made within the 90-day deferral period.”

Mnuchin’s statement did not extend the tax filing due date. For individuals, the filing date, generally, is April 15. But, they can get an automatic extension to file until October 15 by, for example, filing Form 4868, Application for Automatic Extension of Time to File U.S. Individual Income Tax Return.

It should be mentioned there are many details not available with respect to this relief, and no official written guidance has been released as of today.

If you have any questions regarding this statement, please reach out to us.  Although we are managing the current circumstances as suggested by the health organizations, please know we are accessible as usual.

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