Tax Fairness for Disaster Victims Act
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 8
- Latest action
- Jun 12, 2025
What it does
The Tax Fairness for Disaster Victims Act would amend the Internal Revenue Code to allow individuals affected by federally declared disasters to use their prior year’s earned income and social security taxes when calculating certain tax credits, such as the Earned Income Tax Credit, if their current year’s income is lower due to the disaster. This lookback rule applies to qualified individuals whose principal residence was in a designated disaster area on the disaster’s start date, as defined by FEMA, and includes special provisions for joint returns where either spouse qualifies. The bill also clarifies that errors in applying this rule would be treated as mathematical or clerical errors…
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