The Internal Revenue Service is making a tax deadline change for some Alabamians.

Disaster-area taxpayers in parts of Alabama will now have until Oct. 16 to file various federal individual and business tax returns and make tax payments, according to an update by the tax agency.

The IRS had previously pushed back tax deadlines from April 18 to May 15 for areas of Alabama included under the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s emergency declarations after parts of the state experienced widespread damage from a line of severe storms, straight line winds and tornadoes on Jan. 12. The covered counties include Autauga, Barbour, Chambers, Conecuh, Coosa, Dallas, Elmore, Greene, Hale, Mobile, Morgan, Sumter and Tallapoosa counties.

Under the change, affected individuals and businesses will have until Oct. 16 to file returns and pay any taxes – including 2022 individual income tax returns that were due on April 18 – that were originally due during this period. This also means eligible taxpayers will have until Oct.16 to make 2022 contributions to their IRAs and health savings accounts.

The Oct. 16 deadline also applies to the quarterly estimated tax payments, normally due on Jan. 17 and April 18. This means that individual taxpayers can skip making the fourth quarter estimated tax payment, normally due Jan. 17 and instead include it with the 2022 return they file, on or before Oct. 16.