The Internal Revenue Service has pushed back federal tax deadlines to February 2027 for people hit by storms and hurricanes in seven places. They are Alabama, Florida, Ohio, Wisconsin, West Virginia, New Mexico and Guam. The IRS announced the relief on October 14, 2026, and the new dates are February 1, February 4 or February 8, depending on the disaster.

Which places got a February deadline, and which date?

The IRS lists each disaster as its own notice, with its own date. Every notice postpones various filing and payment deadlines, and the latest date among them is February 8, 2027.

• Alabama: Hurricane Isaias, beginning October 7, 2026, in 40 counties. Deadlines move to February 4, 2027.
• Florida: Hurricane Isaias, beginning October 9, 2026, in 27 counties. Deadlines move to February 8, 2027.
• Ohio: severe storms beginning August 10, 2026, in 7 counties. Deadlines move to February 1, 2027.
• Wisconsin: storms and tornadoes beginning July 27, 2026, in 4 counties. Deadlines move to February 1, 2027.
• West Virginia: storms and flooding beginning August 14, 2026, in 3 counties. Deadlines move to February 4, 2027.
• New Mexico: storms and flooding beginning July 16, 2026, in the Pueblo of Zuni. Deadlines move to February 4, 2027.
• Guam: Super Typhoon Bavi, beginning July 4, 2026, across all of Guam. Deadlines move to February 4, 2027.

Is a given county on the list, and does the later deadline apply automatically? The IRS says no request is needed inside a covered area, because it applies the relief by the address of record, the address it has on file for the taxpayer. In Alabama, the covered counties are Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Chambers, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh, Coosa, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Dallas, Elmore, Escambia, Geneva, Greene, Hale, Henry, Houston, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Mobile, Monroe, Montgomery, Perry, Pickens, Pike, Russell, Sumter, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, Washington and Wilcox. The county lists for the other six places are in each IRS notice linked above.

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What exactly does the postponement cover?

Using Alabama’s notice as the example, the IRS says most returns with original or extended due dates before February 4, 2027 now have until that date. That covers individual, business, estate, trust and tax-exempt returns, along with employment and certain excise returns. Taxes due on those returns get the same later date.

Estimated tax payments that would have been due on or after October 7, 2026 can be paid by February 4, 2027 without failure-to-pay penalties. Quarterly payroll and certain excise returns normally due November 2, 2026 move to the same date. The postponement also counts as an extension for the refund limit, which gives more time to claim a refund or credit.

A postponement is not forgiveness. The tax is still owed and the return is still required, but the date moves. A taxpayer who gets a late-filing or late-payment penalty notice for a due date inside the postponement window can call the number printed on the notice to ask for the penalty to be removed.

What does the postponement leave out?

Employment and excise tax deposits are generally not postponed unless the notice specifically lists them. Information returns in the W-2, 1094, 1095, 1097, 1098 and 1099 series are also generally excluded.

The Alabama notice also says that anyone with a valid extension for a 2025 return has until February 7, 2027 to file. Payments for those 2025 returns were due April 15, 2026, so they are not covered by the new relief.

Which October notice runs only to January?

Not every October disaster notice carries a February date. The IRS disaster relief page also lists a Nebraska notice for severe storms in Knox County that runs only to January 7, 2027. That notice is separate from the seven above.

The relief follows the address of record, so a taxpayer who moved recently, or who owns a damaged home but files from a different address, depends on what the IRS has on file. The IRS disaster page is the place to look up a notice by state, and it is the open question for anyone whose records sit in one place and whose storm damage is in another.

Holding an IRS letter that shows a different date than February?

The later deadline attaches to the address the IRS has on file, and a notice in the mailbox may carry a date from before the postponement. A taxpayer holding a letter or a delayed refund can end up unsure which date governs.

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This article was produced with AI assistance and edited for accuracy against the sources linked above.