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Governor Gavin Newsom issued revisions to his budget proposals for the state’s fiscal year ending June 2021. This “May revision” is an annual opportunity for the California Governor to revise his initial budget proposals from the previous January. This year, Governor Newsom used the May revision to propose potentially significant changes for California taxpayers to help fill the budget shortfall resulting from COVID-19’s economic impact.

Numerous states have provided tax relief in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, often in the form of tax filing and payment deadline extensions.  At this time, 41 states and Washington, D.C. have provided a corporate income tax filing and/or payment deadline extension.  Most recently, Florida extended its May 1, 2020 corporate income tax deadlines to August 3, 2020 for filing and June 1, 2020 for payment.  Since the payment deadline is sooner than the filing deadline, the Florida Department of Revenue advised corporate taxpayers to submit payments based on their best estimate of the tax that would be due with the return.  Some states have also extended income tax deadlines for partnerships and other business entities and many states have extended individual income tax deadlines.

Numerous states have provided tax relief in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, often in the form of tax filing and payment deadline extensions.  At this time, 40 states and Washington, D.C. have provided a corporate income tax filing and/or payment deadline extension.  Some of these states have conformed to the July 15 federal corporate income tax extension date, while others have extended to an earlier or later date.  Some states have also extended income tax…

States continue to provide relief in response to the spread of the COVID-19 virus.  This week, numerous states responded to the federal income tax filing extension, and we expect additional states to respond in the coming days.  Some states are also offering relief for non-income business taxes, and much of the relief is limited to small- to mid-size businesses.  Furthermore, COVID-19 is causing complications in property tax assessments, payments, and appeals.