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Des Moines, Iowa – The Iowa Department of Revenue has extended the filing and payment deadline to June 1, 2021 for 2020 individual income tax returns and first quarter estimated income tax payments for individuals from the April 30, 2021 statutory deadline.

The previously submitted proposed rules on Sales and Use Tax on Services (Barbering/Cosmetology/Esthetics), Sales Involving Government Entities and Instrumentalities, and Powers of Attorney; Tax Information Disclosure Designation, have been adopted and filed, effective April 28, 2021. See individual notices for details.

The Iowa Department of Revenue has released updated tax guidance regarding Iowa nonconformity and the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, & Economic Security (CARES) Act of 2020.

The Iowa Department of Revenue has released new tax guidance regarding Reporting Federal Income Tax Changes to Iowa.

The Department has submitted new proposed rules to the Iowa Legislature, Broadband Infrastructure Grant Exemption and Bundled Transactions, available for public comment through March 30, 2021. The previously submitted proposed rule, Withholding—Electronic Filing Requirements, Deadline for Furnishing Statements, has been adopted and filed, effective April 14, 2021. See individual notices for details.

With tax filing season upon us, the Iowa Department of Revenue is reminding Iowans of the many resources available that can assist taxpayers with filing their tax return. The Department will begin processing returns at the same time as the IRS on February 12. This is because Iowa taxpayers are required to provide their federal return with their Iowa return. Iowa income tax returns are due on April 30.

On June 29, 2020 Governor Reynolds signed into law House File 2641. The Department has released guidance to explain this tax change as it relates to the following:

On December 27, 2020, President Donald Trump signed Public Law 116-260, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021. This federal law includes a number of federal tax changes, some with retroactive effect. The Department has released new guidance to explain this law as it relates to Iowa's Nonconformity with the Federal Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021.

The Iowa Department of Revenue has released new sales tax guidance: