TAX FILE: IRS helps truckers in Florida
The IRS frequently allows taxpayers in the path of a natural disaster to defer filing and paying some taxes. In fact, the homepage of www.irs.gov recently featured a link to several announcements specifying the areas, dates, and types of relief from this year's hurricanes. Hurricanes Charley and Frances, which caused critical shortages of motor fuel in Florida, triggered a new form of relief. In Announcement