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Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024

The House of Representatives recently passed House Bill 7024, known as the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024, with significant bipartisan support. This landmark legislation aims to realign America’s tax code to bolster economic growth, support working-class families, and provide certainty for American businesses in a climate of economic recovery and innovation.

Key provisions of H.R. 7024 include an expansion of the child tax credit, significant support for American innovation through expanded Research & Development (R&D) expensing, and enhanced measures to improve the competitive stance of U.S. businesses internationally. Specifically, the bill proposes to:

  • Increase access to housing by providing more flexibility on bond financing requirements and increasing state tax credit allocations.
  • Eliminate the penalty in the child tax credit for families with more than one child, alongside increasing the refund amount and indexing these amounts to inflation starting in 2024.
  • Offer “time-limited and limited in scope” disaster tax relief for communities affected by recent calamities, including hurricanes and wildfires.
  • Ends ERC program early on January 31, 2024, adds penalties for certain COVID-ERC promoters and extends statue of limitations to 6 years.
  • Increases maximum amount for section 179 expensing with a slight raise in expensing limit allowance […]
By |2024-02-06T18:04:34+00:00February 5th, 2024|disaster, tax credit, taxpayer relief act|0 Comments

Casualty Loss Tax Deductions May Help Disaster Victims in Certain Cases

This year, many Americans have been victimized by wildfires, severe storms, flooding, tornadoes and other disasters. No matter where you live, unexpected disasters may cause damage to your home or personal property. Before the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), eligible casualty loss victims could claim a deduction on their tax returns. But currently, there are restrictions that make these deductions harder to take.

What’s considered a casualty for tax purposes? It’s a sudden, unexpected or unusual event, such as a hurricane, tornado, flood, earthquake, fire, act of vandalism or a terrorist attack.

Many unable to claim a tax break 

For losses incurred from 2018 through 2025, the TCJA generally eliminates deductions for personal casualty losses, except for losses due to federally declared disasters.

Note: There’s an exception to the general rule of allowing casualty loss deductions only in federally declared disaster areas. If you have personal casualty gains because your insurance proceeds exceed the tax basis of the damaged or destroyed property, you can deduct personal casualty losses that aren’t due to a federally declared disaster up to the amount of your personal casualty gains.

Claim a refund with a special election

If your casualty loss is […]

By |2023-10-04T17:51:20+00:00October 4th, 2023|casualty loss, disaster|0 Comments

Important Reminder: California’s Winter Storms Postpones June 15 Payments

The winter storms that hit California in December and January have caused a lot of damage and disruption. As a result, taxpayers affected by these storms qualify for an extension to October 16, 2023 to file individual and business tax returns and make certain tax payments1This includes individuals whose tax returns and payments are due on April 18, 2023 and June 15, 20231.

As announced by Governor Newsom earlier in the year, California individuals and businesses impacted by 2022-23 winter storms qualify for an extension to file and pay taxes until October 16, 2023.

This includes:

  • Individuals whose tax returns and payments are due on April 18, 2023.
  • Quarterly estimated tax payments due January 17, 2023, March 15, 2023, April 18, 2023, June 15, 2023, and September 15, 2023.
  • Business entities whose tax returns and payments are normally due on March 15 and April 18.
  • Pass-through entity (PTE) elective tax payments due on March 15, 2023 and June 15, 2023.

Affected counties:

Following the disaster declaration issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, individuals and households affected by severe winter storms, flooding, landslides and mudslides that reside or have a business in Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Del Norte, […]

By |2023-05-24T13:09:47+00:00May 24th, 2023|CA tax, california, disaster, tax deadlines|0 Comments

California Conforms to IRS: More Time to File State Taxes for Californians Impacted by Winter Storms

SACRAMENTO – In addition to tax relief measures that Governor Gavin Newsom announced in January, California is also extending the state tax filing and payment due dates to October 16, 2023 for Californians impacted by the winter storms in December and January. This aligns California with the Biden Administration, which announced that the IRS extended various due dates until October 16, as well.

“As communities across the state continue recovering from the damage caused by the winter storms, California is working swiftly to help recovering Californians get back on their feet,” said Governor Newsom. “The state is aligning with the Biden Administration and extending the tax filing deadline in addition to the tax relief announced earlier this year.”

Last month, Governor Newsom announced tax relief for those impacted by winter storms, giving people the ability to claim a deduction for disaster loss and extending certain filing deadlines.

The following counties are eligible for this extended tax relief, per the IRS announcements here and here:

Residents and businesses in Alameda, Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Contra Costa, Del Norte, El Dorado, Fresno, Glenn, Humboldt, Inyo, Kings, Lake, Los Angeles, Madera, Marin, Mariposa, Mendocino, Merced, Mono, Monterey, Napa, Nevada, Orange, […]

California Conforms To IRS Filing Extensions For California Storm Victims

The Governor’s office has announced that California will conform to the filing extensions granted by the IRS for California storm victims. This means the FTB has extended filing and payment deadlines for many individuals and businesses in California until May 15, 2023.

This relief applies to the following deadlines falling on or after January 8, 2023, and before May 15, 2023:

  • Individual income tax returns;
  • Business return filings normally due between March 15 and April 18, 2023;
  • Fourth and first quarter estimated tax payments due on January 17, 2023, and April 18, 2023. Individual taxpayers can skip making the fourth quarter estimated tax payment and instead include it with the 2022 return as long as the return is filed on or before May 15, 2023;
  • IRA and health savings account (HSA) contributions; and
  • Quarterly payroll and excise tax returns, normally due on January 31, 2023, and April 30, 2023.

Below is the complete press release from the Governor’s office:

SACRAMENTO – Californians impacted by winter storms are now eligible to claim a deduction for a disaster loss and will have more time to file their taxes.

“Whether it’s more time to file your taxes or getting a deduction, this […]

By |2023-01-16T18:32:49+00:00January 16th, 2023|ca, CA tax, california, disaster, ftb, irs, tax deadlines|0 Comments
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