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Tax Day Moved From April 15 to July 15

March 20, 2020

By: Amanda Wilson & Ferran Arimon

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced, via Twitter, that the Internal Revenue Service is officially moving the tax filing deadline from April 15 to July 15. The later deadline will apply to all taxpayers and businesses, giving taxpayers additional time to file and make any required tax payments without interest or penalties.

This announcement builds from relief announced earlier in the week, when the Internal Revenue Service announced a 90-day extension to the normal April 15 deadline for paying incomes taxes for many individuals and corporations (discussed here). Today’s announcement goes a step further by moving the filing deadline as well.  

We will continue to monitor for additional guidance aimed toward curbing the economic impact of the coronavirus and make you aware of any taxation relief offered by the government.  

Be sure to visit our Taxing Times blog, as well as our Coronavirus (COVID-19) Response Team page, to keep up to date on the latest news.


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Amanda

A member of the firm’s tax practice, Amanda Wilson concentrates on federal tax planning and structuring. She represents clients in a wide variety of complex federal tax matters with a particular emphasis on pass-through entities such as partnerships, S corporations and real estate investment trusts.

Specifically, Amanda focuses on advising clients on the formation, operation, acquisition and restructuring of such pass-through entities. In addition, she regularly advises clients on the structuring and operation of private equity funds, real estate funds and timber funds. Amanda is the author of the Bloomberg Tax Management Portfolio 718-3rd Edition, Partnerships- Disposition of Partnership Interests or Partnership Business; Partnership Termination.

Amanda regularly works in structuring deals to benefit from tax advantaged structures, including like-kind exchanges, new market tax credits, low income housing tax credits, qualified opportunity zones, and investment tax credits available for solar and other renewable energy. Amanda also has extensive experience in corporate planning and international tax matters, as well as federal tax controversy. Her practice before the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) includes providing advice on audits and appeals, drafting protests and ruling requests, and negotiating settlements.

Prior to joining the firm, Amanda worked for Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP (now Eversheds Sutherland), an Am Law 100 firm in the Atlanta office, where she was part of Sutherland’s Tax Practice Group. Amanda has also served as an adjunct professor at Emory University School of Law where she taught Partnership Taxation.

Amanda regularly contributes to the firm’s Taxing Times blog and is a regular panelist on tax webinars hosted by Strafford Publications.

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