Louisiana Department of Revenue Grants Filing Extensions to Those Affected by Hurricane Harvey

The Louisiana Department of Revenue has released Revenue Information Bulletin No. 17-015 which grants filing extensions to taxpayers whose homes, principal places of business, or critical tax records are located in any of the disaster areas declared by the president as a result of Hurricane Harvey.

Affected Parishes

For Louisiana Declared disaster areas include the following parishes: Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, and Vermillion

Affected taxpayers filing a paper return whose homes, principal places of business, or critical tax records are located in one of the declared disaster areas should write “Hurricane Harvey” in BLACK ink on the top of the return.

Filing Extensions

Filing extensions are available for individual income, corporate income and franchise, fiduciary, partnership, and partnership composite taxes with original or extended due dates on or after August 23, 2017, and on or before December 31, 2017. The due date for qualifying tax returns is extended to January 31, 2018.