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I am using Turbo tax free onine and live in Texas. The IRS moved the filing deadline to June15. IS turbo tax taking this into account when i file later then April 15?

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March 12, 2021
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Employee

In Turbotax, there is a question about "are you affected by a natural disaster".

In any case, Turbotax doesn't care if you are on time or late, that's determined by the IRS when you file according to your address. (In other words, if you claim an extension but are not in an affected area, the IRS will disallow it.)

If you owe taxes, they must be paid by April 15, even if you have until June 15 to file your return. If you are expecting a refund, it doesn't matter if you are late or on time because the penalty for filing late is a percentage of the tax you owe, so if you are expecting a refund, there is no actual penalty for filing late.

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davo912Author

Wish you did your homework before answering since your answer is WRONG. The IRS gave Texas until June 15 to file taxes instead of April 15 INCLUDING paying taxes with out any interest or penalty, so our filing date was moved to June 15. the reason I asked the question was to see if turbo tax made the changes to reflect this when people are filing after April 15 that live in Texas. There is no extention we have to file.

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BillM223

As xmasbaby0 said, TurboTax is certainly aware of this, and will roll out any changes (if any are needed) in due course.

As you can imagine, TurboTax employees are extremely busy at the moment dealing with the flurry of tax issues that have changed on a day-by-day basis. Since Congress, the IRS, and the states are "moving the goalposts" every day in terms of what is expected for 2020 returns, it is difficult to predict when any one change will be implemented.

Also note that the IRS announced just the other day that they were including all 77 counties in Oklahoma and 64 parishes in Louisiana in these changes.

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xmasbaby0

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Yes. TT knows that residents of TX have a delayed deadline and so does the IRS.

**Disclaimer: Every effort has been made to offer the most correct information possible. The poster disclaims any legal responsibility for the accuracy of the information that is contained in this post.**

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Bill148

The problem is that I use TT to e-file and direct debit of my tax payment. TT has yet to allow Texas residents to have direct deduction from a bank account after 5/17/2021 even though Texas residents are given the extended deadline of 6/15/2021 due to the cold weather disaster. It has been many weeks since this option became available and yet TT has yet to make this change. It refuses a direct deduction scheduled for later than 5/17, Texas resident or not.

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Opus 17

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@Bill148

then just select “I will pay by check“ and then make your own payment arrangements at a date of your convenience. The IRS accepts electronic payments at www.irs.gov/payments, or you can mail a check.

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barton56

I agree with others. I live in Texas and do not want to pay before I have to on June15th. May 17th is this week and still no changes for those of us that live in Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana. I paid for TT Deluxe Edition and feel like I am not getting all that I paid for.

Critter-3

Read the answer right above your post. You can either mail in a check or pay directly online at the IRS website. Just because the program isn't allowing a date past the 17th doesn't mean you can't pay past the 17th.

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DA9400

Turbo Tax's failure to recognize the June 15 deadline for Texas, LA, OK residents has more than academic consequences. I just tried .. it will not let me calculate the IRA contributions I can make to reduce my taxes..

The deadline for IRA contribution has also changed. So Turbo Tax' lax attitude will hurt many tax payers. If that happens, I will seriously consider giving up on Turbo Tax... I have been using it since before 1990. But if Turbo Tax doesnt care for me, what good is my hanging around..

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cstraw

Same problem for me. I am in Oklahoma. Is the answer to just say the contribution was before May 17 2021

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DA9400

Unfortunately the turbotax software seems to look at the current date and not even open the topic.. saying the deadline has passed.. so your suggestion wouldn't work..

Hopefully TT is monitoring this community and paying some one to pay attention to what we say !