HR 4497 · 113th Congress · Taxation

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.

Introduced 2014-04-28· Sponsored by Rep. Gardner, Cory [R-CO-4]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
2
Committee
3
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.(2014-04-28)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] 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.…

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