The Internal Revenue Service is postponing the date for filing gift tax and generation-skipping transfer tax returns and making payments until July 15, 2020, because of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
The IRS issued Notice 2020-20 on Friday, extending the relief it provided earlier this month on the tax-filing and payment dates for most other types of tax returns. The IRS also said the associated interest, additions to tax, and penalties for late filing or late payment will be suspended for the gift tax and generation-skipping transfer tax until July 15.
Gani Laguisma has more than 30 years of accounting, auditing, and consulting experience with EY in the U.S. and abroad, and was a former assurance and audit partner with OUM & Co. LLP. He is the co-founder and CEO of Scrubbed, a full-service outsourced provider serving the accounting, finance, and assurance needs of clients across the globe. He graduated with distinction from the University of the East-Manila and earned his MBA from the Asian Institute of Management – Manila in the Philippines.
Max Pearlstein is division vice president of SBS channel sales at ADP.
Ranjit S. Samra is the Head of Technology at J.P. Morgan Wealth Management. He has 30 years of global experience developing software solutions across a broad spectrum of businesses. He joined JPMorgan Chase in 2018 as the Head of Controls, Legal & Regulatory Technology in Corporate Technology and took on his current role in 2020.
The relief is automatic and applies to any amounts due related to these types of returns. There’s no requirement to file for an extension and the three-month period between the original due date of April 15 and the new deadline of July 15 will be disregarded in terms of any interest, penalties or extra taxes for those who fail to file a Form 709 United States Gift and Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Return by April 15.
Groups of tax and accounting professionals such as the American Institute of CPAs, the National Society of Accountants and the National Conference of CPA Practitioners have been pressing the IRS to provide additional forms of tax relief beyond the initial relief granted for tax payments from coronavirus victims.
