Working Families Disaster Tax Relief Act
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsors
- 2
- Latest action
- Dec 11, 2025
What it does
The Working Families Disaster Tax Relief Act would allow taxpayers affected by a federally declared major disaster to use their earned income from the previous tax year to determine eligibility for the Earned Income Credit and the refundable portion of the Child Tax Credit, rather than their current-year income which may be reduced due to the disaster. This election applies to individuals whose primary residence or workplace was in a qualified disaster zone during the incident period, or who were displaced from their home due to the disaster. The provision would take effect for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024, aiming to prevent disaster-related income loss from reducing…
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