ARKANSAS, USA — On Monday afternoon, Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced a new Executive Order to extend the state individual tax filing deadline after severe thunderstorms and tornadoes struck Arkansas on March 31 and continue to cause hardships and suffering throughout the state.
On the same day of the severe weather, Executive Order 23-30 was issued and declared an emergency in the state due to the severe weather outbreak.
Arkansas law states that individual tax returns and payments should be submitted by April 18, 2023.
The new Executive Order would authorize the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration to allow a time extension to file any returns required under state tax law "upon written request for good cause shown."
The definition of good cause would include when any taxpayer is affected by a disaster emergency that is declared by the Governor.
The 2022 individual income tax filing date and the individual income tax payment date will move from April 18, 2023, to July 31, 2023, for citizens living in Pulaski, Lonoke, and Cross counties.
The IRS has also announced the same extension to postpone certain tax-filing and tax-payment deadlines for taxpayers who live in or have a business in the disaster area.