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✅ Verified California (2025) Tax Filing Extension Details

🏛 Federal (IRS) Extension

Only Los Angeles County is currently designated as a disaster area (wildfires beginning January 7, 2025).
Taxpayers in Los Angeles County now have an automatic extension to October 15, 2025 for filing and paying a broad range of tax obligations that were originally due between January 7 and October 15, 2025. This includes:
- Individual income tax returns (due April 15, 2025)
- Quarterly estimated tax payments (Jan 15, Apr 15, Jun 16, Sep 15)
- Payroll and excise tax returns (Jan 31, Apr 30, Jul 31)
- Partnership/S‑corp returns due March 17, 2025
- Corporate/fiduciary returns due April 15, 2025
- Tax-exempt organization filings due May 15, 2025

✅ State of California (FTB) Relief

The California Franchise Tax Board also extended filing and payment deadlines for Los Angeles County taxpayers to October 15, 2025, matching the federal relief Reddit.
The state’s CDTFA (sales/use tax) extension applies only to Los Angeles County, with deadlines moved from January 31, 2025, to April 30, 2025

❌ Counties Not Covered

There is no IRS or FTB extension covering Orange, San Diego, Riverside, Ventura, or any upper Northern California counties such as Alameda or Santa Clara. Only Los Angeles County is included.
Previous 2023-early 2024 extensions (e.g., for winter storms) included more counties—but those are not applicable to the 2025 wildfire relief

📌 Summary Table

Jurisdiction	Covered County	Extension Deadline	Applies to File + Payment?
Federal IRS	Los Angeles County	October 15, 2025	Yes
CA FTB	Los Angeles County	October 15, 2025	Yes
CA CDTFA	Los Angeles County	April 30, 2025	Yes (sales/use tax only)

📝 Important Notes

Other counties you listed (e.g., Orange, San Diego, etc.) were not included in the 2025 wildfire extension.
Estimated quarterly payments beyond LA County’s relief follow normal due dates unless a formal filing extension is submitted using Form 4868.
If you’re outside Los Angeles County, you’ll need to pay by original deadlines or file an individual extension to delay filing (not payment).

✅ What You Should Do

If you’re in Los Angeles County: You don’t need to file an extension; deadlines are automatically extended to October 15, 2025 for both federal and state filings/payments.
If you’re in another California county: File Form 4868 by April 15, 2025 to extend filing—but payments are still due on the standard deadlines.

Upcoming Dates

CA Tax Filing Deadline

October 15, 2025 – automatic federal and California extension for taxpayers in Los Angeles County affected by wildfires, covering both filing and payment for obligations originally due Jan 7–Oct 15, 2025

Estimated Tax Payments (Quarterly)

Quarter	Federal Due Date	California Due Date
Q1	April 15, 2025	April 15, 2025
Q2	June 16, 2025	June 16, 2025
Q3	September 15, 2025	September 15, 2025
Q4	January 15, 2026	January 15, 2026

941 / 940 Payroll & CA DE‑9 Quarterly Filing

Federal 941/940 returns due quarterly:
- Q1: April 30, 2025
- Q2: July 31, 2025
- Q3: October 31, 2025
- Q4: January 31, 2026
For LA County, penalties and deposits due Jan 7–31, Apr 30, and Jul 31 are postponed to October 15, 2025
California DE‑9 (payroll) follows the same quarterly schedule.

California Pass‑Through Entity (PTE) Elective Tax

June 16, 2025 – PTE elective initial payment due

California LLC Fee Payment

June 16, 2025 – estimated LLC fee due (15th day of 6th month; June 15 is a Sunday so it moves to June 16)

Entity Return Filing & Extensions

Entity Type	Original Due Date	Extended Due Date (via extension)
Partnerships / S‑Corps	March 17, 2025	Sept 15, 2025
C‑Corporations	April 15, 2025	Oct 15, 2025
Tax‑exempt Orgs	May 15, 2025	Nov 17, 2025 (federal)
LLC Annual Taxes	April 15, 2025	— (payment still due April 15)

Federal and CA corporate/S‑corp deadlines confirmed

Tax-exempt org federal extension to Nov 17; California generally aligns with federal for extensions.

LLC annual taxes are due April 15 regardless of extensions for filings .

Key Takeaways

Los Angeles County wildfire relief grants unified extension to October 15, 2025, for both filing and payment of federal and California obligations due Jan 7–Oct 15, 2025.
Other California counties follow the standard schedule; you may file for an extension (Form 4868), but payment deadlines remain unchanged.
PTE and LLC elective tax payments have separate deadlines on June 16, 2025.

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