Updated 10/11/11 to include Bladen, Columbus and Sampson counties.
NC/SC-2011-03, Oct. 5, 2011
GREENSBORO ¨C¨C The Internal Revenue Service today reminded taxpayers affected by Hurricane Irene that they have until Oct. 31 to meet certain tax filing and payment obligations and announced that e-obÌåÓý and Free obÌåÓý would remain available to accept their returns.
E-file, which will close for all other taxpayers following the Oct. 17 extension filing deadline, will be open through the end of October to any taxpayer who lives or has a business in areas granted tax relief because of Hurricane Irene.
This includes taxpayers in the following North Carolina counties: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Craven, Columbus, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Sampson, Tyrrell, Vance, Warren, Washington, Wayne and Wilson.
Special Instructions for e-obÌåÓýrs
The IRS encouraged any taxpayer who wants to include a payment with the tax return to e-obÌåÓý by Oct. 20.
Because of year-end programming changes, IRS e-obÌåÓý will not accept returns that include payments after Oct 20. E-file returns that include a payment after that date will be rejected, but the IRS offers other options for these taxpayers to still e-file but pay separately by using:
These guidelines apply to e-obÌåÓý and Free obÌåÓý returns only. Payments accompanying paper returns are not affected.