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S 2544 116th Congress Senate Taxation California Charitable contributions Disaster relief and insurance Employee benefits and pensions Fires Florida Forests, forestry, trees Income tax credits Income tax deductions Income tax exclusion Natural disasters North Carolina Poverty and welfare assistance South Carolina Tax administration and collection, taxpayers Tax treatment of families Virginia Wages and earnings

Hurricanes Florence and Michael and California Wildfire Tax Relief Act

Introduced: September 25, 2019 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sep 25, 2019
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Hurricanes Florence and Michael and California Wildfire Tax Relief Act

This bill provides for tax relief for individuals in areas affected by Hurricanes Florence and Michael and the California wildfires. Specifically, it

  • allows tax-free distributions from tax-preferred pension plans for disaster-related expenses,
  • increases the limit on allowable loans from pension plans,
  • allows employers in disaster areas a tax credit to assist in retaining employees affected by disasters,
  • suspends the limitation on the tax deduction for charitable contributions for disaster relief,
  • allows nonitemizing taxpayers to claim personal casualty losses, and
  • allows the use of earned income for the preceding year for claiming the earning income and child tax credits.
What's happening now September 25, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2