Sept. 19, 2017
Contact: Ron Leix, (517) 335-2167
Tax Relief Enables Disaster Survivors to
Focus on their Recovery
LANSING, Mich. – With natural disasters
affecting widespread areas of the state and nation, the Michigan Department of
Treasury (Treasury) is providing state tax relief to disaster survivors.
Individual and
business taxpayers who were affected by the June 22-23 severe storms and
flooding in Bay, Gladwin, Isabella and Midland counties, Hurricane Harvey or
Hurricane Irma now have additional time to file state tax returns, with penalties
and interest waived.
Individuals unable to meet filing deadlines due to a natural
disaster should contact Treasury at 517-636-4486. Business are asked to call
517-636-6925.
“A natural disaster
can be devastating both personally and financially,” State Treasurer Nick
Khouri said. “By postponing state tax filing and payment deadlines, disaster
survivors will have more time to focus on recovering and getting their lives
back to a sense of normalcy.”
In addition, affected
taxpayers may write to Treasury to request disaster-related tax relief. When
writing, the following must be included in the correspondence:
- Name
and account number of the individual or business taxpayer.
- Reason
for the relief request.
- Taxpayer
address within one of the disaster areas or address of the tax preparer located
in one of the disaster areas.
Taxpayers should send
the completed correspondence to the following address:
Michigan
Department of Treasury
ATTN:
Disaster Tax Relief
Lansing,
Michigan 48922
Some taxpayers may
receive a preliminary assessment notice before a tax relief request is formally
received by Treasury. Taxpayers within disaster areas who receive these notices
should contact Treasury by phone to resolve.
Treasury follows the
Internal Revenue Service’s deadlines when tax relief is granted for natural
disasters. For the latest IRS deadlines, go to www.irs.gov/disaster.
To learn more about Michigan’s
tax system, go to www.michigan.gov/taxes.
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