(KLZA)-- Governor Jim Pillen has announced the approved postponement of tax filings and payments for individuals and businesses in parts of Nebraska that were impacted by wildfires and storms beginning on March 12, 2026.
The issuance of tax relief by the IRS applies to five separate state disaster declarations. As a result, affected individuals and businesses now have until February, 1, 2027 to file returns and pay any taxes that were originally due during that time.
Among the counties included in the declaration are Richardson, Nemaha, Gage, Jefferson, Thayer, Thurston, Fillmore, Buffalo and Howard counties due to severe storms that occurred during the month of May.
Gov. Pillen requested tax relief from the IRS under newly passed federal legislation that allows the IRS to grant tax relief based on a governor’s declared disaster or state emergency, rather than waiting for a federal disaster declaration, which can take longer for review and approval.
Under the legislation, a qualified state-declared disaster is any natural catastrophe that causes damage of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant a request to postpone such federal tax deadlines. This is the first time Nebraska has made and received tax relief from the IRS under the new law.
The IRS has published additional information pertaining to each of the five declared disasters on its website: https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/around-the-nation-nebraska.
