HR 5398 · 111th Congress · Taxation

Help Disaster Victims Buy a New Home Act of 2010

Introduced 2010-05-25· Sponsored by Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.(2010-05-25)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Help Disaster Victims Buy a New Home Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) treat individual taxpayers who purchase a principal residence to replace a principal residence damaged or destroyed by a federally declared disaster as first-time homebuyers for purposes of the tax credit allowed to such homebuyers; (2) allow taxpayers who do not itemize their tax deductions a deduction from gross income for net casualty losses due to a federally declared disaster and permit a carryover of such losses for five years; and (3) exclude from gross income unemployment compensation paid to workers in a federally declared disaster area.…

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