AUGUSTA – Victims of the storm affecting several Northeastern states this week will now have until April 26 to file their Maine tax returns and submit tax payments, Jerome Gerard, acting executive director of Maine Revenue Services announced Thursday.

The relief is limited to any tax return and-or payment with a due date that falls on April 17, 2007, and is the same extension period as has been granted by the Internal Revenue Service.

Taxpayers with questions about federal tax relief associated with the storm should contact the IRS at (800) 829-1040 or go to the IRS Web site at www.irs.gov for posted information. Taxpayers with questions about their Maine taxes can call MRS at 626-8475 for Income Tax or 624-9693 for Sales Tax, or visit the MRS Web site at www.maine.gov/revenue.