Saw my accountant on Monday, and he told me this. (He is still doing my taxes because if I am due a refund, I might as well get it.) He said it had to do with the storms. This applies to personal, businesses, trusts - filings and payments, federal and state.

Talked to a woman I know who is a CPA yesterday, and she said the same thing. I asked her if her firm had anything in writing and if she could send it to me, which she did. I read the notice and it listed the 43 counties that received FEMA aide due to the storms - about 75% of CA's population. I asked her this question: say I live or own a business in San Diego County (on the list); even if I did NOT suffer losses due to the storms, my tax filings and any payments due can still be postponed and submitted in October and her answer was "yes"

i am trying to confirm if the other counties are just rolled into this because it seems like a logistical nightmare. Most of those counties are small and remote. Example: Modoc has less than 10K people, but Orange County has 3M and it's by far the largest county not on the list.

I find this odd. When the fires were happening, I believe individual consideration was given, but not this widespread blanket. While locally we have gotten a lot of rain, it is not THAT bad.

(FL anons - has anything like this ever happened after hurricanes? Other states?)

CA is the most populous state. The national debt is crushing. You would think they would want the revenue. My silver hat might be a little tight this AM, but I just get the feeling that something is up, especially with the SVB boondoggle.