1、 https:/crsreports.congress.gov Updated September 11, 2018Tax Policy and Disaster RecoveryAt times, Congress has chosen to use tax policy to provide relief and support recovery following disaster incidents. This In Focus discusses, in broad terms, disaster-related tax policy. Challenges associated w
2、ith using the tax code to deliver federal financial assistance following natural disasters are also discussed. The Internal Revenue Code contains a number of permanent disaster-related tax provisions. These include provisions providing that qualified disaster relief payments and certain insurance pa
3、yments are excluded from income, and thus not subject to tax. Taxpayers are also able to deduct casualty losses and defer gain on involuntary conversions (an involuntary conversion occurs when property or money is received in payment for destroyed property). The Internal Revenue Service can also pro
4、vide administrative relief to taxpayers affected by disasters by delaying filing and payment deadlines, waiving underpayment of tax penalties, and waiving the 60-day requirement for retirement plan rollovers. The availability of certain tax benefits is triggered by a federal disaster declaration. Be
