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AZ - Return filing extensions addressed

An administrative ruling addresses whether the Arizona Department of Revenue grants automatic filing extensions for Arizona personal income tax purposes and what effect a filing extension has on the statute of limitations for filing a claim for refund or assessing additional tax. The Department will grant an automatic filing extension of six months for individual and fiduciary income tax returns when properly applied for by the taxpayer. Alternatively, the Department will accept a federal extension for the period covered by the federal extension. When an extension has been granted, the period of limitations for claiming a refund or assessing additional tax begins at the expiration of the extension period or the date the return is filed, whichever is later. If both the income tax extension application and the return are filed prior to the original due date of the return, the extension will be deemed not granted and will have no effect on the statute of limitations.



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