Dear Clients:

These are difficult and historic times! We hope you are safe and well, and stay that way until we get through this. And we will get through it. It’s going to be okay. Different maybe, for awhile perhaps, but okay.

In the meantime, we are here for you! Here are a few quick points we want to be sure you’re aware of right now. We’ll send additional updates if and when we know more.

Contrary to some reports, IRS has not extended the tax filing deadline, but they are granting a 90-day grace period for payments that are due, to July 15th with no interest or penalty. We haven’t heard any official word yet whether the state and cities will follow suit, we’ll keep you posted.

Extensions to file returns are available to October 15th as always. They are approved automatically, but we do have to submit the request, so let us know if that’s what you want us to do.

If you already filed your return and scheduled a payment to IRS to be made by direct debit, as far as we know right now, that will still happen because it’s set up in their system. We will continue to monitor announcements to see if they will automatically defer those payments, and let you know if they do. If they don’t, you can still delay your payment, but please email Dianna for further instructions.

We are continuing to work on taxes and serve other client needs as best we can. For your health and safety however, and ours, we have temporarily closed our office to in-person visits. If you need to get materials to us, you have several options:
· Use the mail slot in the vestibule outside our office, available 24-7.
· Mail, UPS or FedEx; just remember regular mail is not traceable if misdirected, so if it’s important, use the latter two, or overnight postal service delivery.
· Upload electronic copies using the secure link below or on our website.
· Email, but please don’t attach anything with sensitive personal information such as social security or account numbers, birth dates, etc. For cyber-security reasons, we don’t open email attachments without verifying their authenticity; if we don’t in advance it’s coming, we may contact you for confirmation, or use the secure upload link instead.

As we finish tax returns, Dianna will contact you as usual and discuss several possible delivery options. We are still available to review your returns o through your results (or discuss anything else) with you by phone or video conference.

Tax season is always a challenging time for us under the best of circumstances, and the current outbreak has certainly added to that. We have a great team in place dedicated to serving you, and we appreciate your patience if things take longer than usual as we all manage through personal and business issues just as everyone else must. Remember we’re all in this together, and better times are ahead!