WASHINGTON (WTVD) — The Internal Revenue Service announced Friday that it will provide some tax relief to North Carolina residents and businesses affected by Tropical Storm Debby.

These taxpayers now have until February 3 to file various federal individual and business tax returns and make tax payments.

Following the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) disaster declaration, individuals and households with a residence or place of business in Alamance, Alleghany, Anson, Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Cabarrus, Camden, Carteret, Caswell, Chatham, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Davie, Davidson, Duplin, Durham, Edgecombe, Forsyth, Franklin, Gates, Granville, Greene, Guilford, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Iredell, Johnston, Jones, Lee, Lenoir, Martin, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Orange, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Person, Pitt, Randolph, Richmond, Robeson, Rockingham, Rowan, Sampson, Scotland, Stanly, Stokes, Surry, Tyrrell, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Wilkes, Wilson and Yadkin are eligible for tax relief.

The declaration allows the IRS to delay certain deadlines for filing and paying taxes for taxpayers who live or operate a business in the disaster area. For example, for certain deadlines that fall on August 5 or later and before February 3, additional time is granted until February 3.

The registration deadline of February 3, 2025 applies to:

Individuals who have requested an extension for their 2023 tax return. However, the relief is not expected to extend to payments due.
Entities with an original or extended due date, including, but not limited to, calendar-year partnerships and S corporations whose 2023 extensions expire on September 16, and calendar-year corporations whose 2023 extensions expire on October 15.

The February 3 deadline also applies to all payments normally due during this period, including quarterly advance payments of taxes due on September 16 and January 15 and quarterly payroll and excise tax returns normally due on October 31 and January 31.

The IRS will automatically identify taxpayers located in the affected disaster area and provide tax relief in filing and payment. However, affected taxpayers who live or have a business outside the affected disaster area should call the IRS Disaster Hotline at (866) 562-5227 to request this tax relief. Tax preparers in disaster areas with clients outside the disaster area may use the “Bulk Requests from Practitioners for Disaster Relief” option.