HB5366: Doug LaMalfa Federal Disaster Tax Relief Certainty Act
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Summary
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to codify and extend the rules for personal casualty losses arising from major disasters and the rules for the exclusion from gross income of compensation for losses or damages resulting from certain wildfires.
Plain-language summary
This bill amends federal tax law to make permanent two temporary tax rules for disaster victims. First, it allows people to deduct personal casualty losses from their taxes when major disasters occur, rather than only in rare circumstances. Second, it excludes wildfire compensation payments from being counted as taxable income. The bill codifies rules that have been temporary fixes after recent disasters. The bill has passed both of Congress.
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HB5366: Doug LaMalfa Federal Disaster Tax Relief Certainty Act
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Sponsors
Greg Steube
Primary SponsorCo-sponsors (14)
Mike Thompson
Doug LaMalfa
Jimmy Panetta
Eugene Vindman
Joseph Neguse