Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Wednesday that state officials, because of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, are considering extending the April 15 deadline for paying Arkansas individual income taxes.
The governor, at a news conference on where the illness has spread in Arkansas, said he's asked what extending the payment deadline would cost the state. If paid by April 15, the payments would be revenue in the current fiscal year, 2020, which ends June 30.
"The Internal Revenue Service distributed an update this afternoon authorizing taxpayers to make their 2019 [federal] tax payment normally due 4/15/20 as late as 7/15/20," the governor said later in a written statement. April 15 is the deadline for both state and federal income taxes.
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