If you have comments or would like
to submit an article for the
Spotlight, contact Sara Carter at
scarter@uh.edu
Contents Edited by the
Administration & Finance Customer
Service Center
IRS Changes Deadline for Texans Affected by Ike
The Internal Revenue Service
(IRS) announced that Texas taxpayers who
were adversely affected by Hurricane Ike
qualify for IRS tax relief, including the
postponement of tax filing and payment
deadlines until Jan. 5, 2009.
Texas
Society of Certified Public Accountants (TSCPA)
has specific information on what the relief
postpones and which 29 Texas counties were
declared as presidential disaster areas
qualifying for individual assistance. Click
here
for details.
In other breaking
disaster recovery news pertaining to the
accounting profession:
The Texas
State Board of Public Accountancy will waive
penalties for licensees unable to meet their
license renewal deadline due to the
hurricane.
Learn More.
Comptroller Susan Combs has also
postponed tax deadlines for hurricane
victims and compiled helpful
hurricane-related tax information to her Web
site.
Learn More.
TSCPA has all this information and more
conveniently posted in a special disaster
recovery section on tscpa.org. Visit
TSCPA’s
Disaster Recovery Center.
Our
thoughts continue to be with those impacted
by the storm.
