There’s an important tax deadline for people in parts of Alabama.

Taxpayers in Autauga, Barbour, Chambers, Conecuh, Coosa, Dallas, Elmore, Greene, Hale, Mobile, Morgan, Sumter and Tallapoosa counties face an Oct.16 filing deadline. The normal due date of April 18 this year was postponed for residents in these counties in the wake of severe storms and tornadoes that started on Jan. 12.

The extension covers tax returns and payments.

Tax deadlines in nine Georgia counties – Butts, Crisp, Henry, Jasper, Meriwether, Newton, Pike, Spalding and Troup – are also on Oct. 16 due to the same storms. Fifty-five California counties are also part of the later deadline due to three different Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster declarations covering various events.

Qualifying for the Oct. 16 deadline are:

• 2022 individual income tax returns and payments normally due on April 18.
• For eligible taxpayers, 2022 contributions to IRAs and health savings accounts.
• Quarterly estimated tax payments normally due on April 18, June 15 and Sept. 15.
• Calendar-year 2022 partnership and S corporation returns normally due on March 15.
• Calendar-year 2022 corporate and fiduciary income tax returns and payments normally due on April 18.
• Quarterly payroll and excise tax returns normally due on May 1 and July 31.
• Calendar-year 2022 returns filed by tax-exempt organizations normally due on May 15.

The IRS automatically provides filing and penalty relief for any taxpayer with an address of record listed in the disaster area, so there’s no need to contact the agency. If someone in these areas does receive a late filing or late penalty notice, they should contact the IRS via the number on the notice.