HR 4497 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax relief for damages relating to federally declared disasters during September 2013, and for other purposes.

Fact sheet

Latest action · Apr 28, 2014 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedApr 28, 2014
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to tax relief for federally-declared disasters, to: (1) allow the expensing of qualified disaster expenses (i.e., for removal of debris, demolition, and repair of business-related property) for a disaster occurring during September 2013; (2) allow individual taxpayers an increased tax deduction for charitable contributions made for relief efforts related to a federally-declared disaster which occurs after August 31, 2013, if such contributions are made by December 31, 2014; and (3) allow corporations an increased tax deduction for disaster-related charitable contributions.

Cosponsors

Members who signed on, in the order they did.

No cosponsors are on file for this measure.

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Apr 28, 2014Introduced in House
  2. Apr 28, 2014Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Related bills 3

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 2233National Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2014Related billApr 9, 2014
S 2634National Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2014Related billJul 22, 2014
HR 5082National Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2014Related billJul 11, 2014

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.

Text 1

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  1. Apr 28, 2014Introduced in House

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