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" ... Contains RIA's complete analysis of (1) H.R. 4440, the Gulf Opportunity Zone Act of 2005 ... which was signed into law on Dec. 21, 2005 ... (2) H.R. 3768, the Katrina Emergency Tax Relief Act of 2005 ... which was signed into law on Sept. 23, 2005 ... and (3) H.R. 4579, an Act to extend by one year provisions requiring parity in the application of certain limits to mental health benefits ... which was signed into law on Dec. 30, 2005"--Page vii.
The book provides comprehensive, timely and practical guidance to help tax professionals make sense and apply tax changes enacted in this new tax legislation.
Relief after a natural or man-made disaster may come from what many might consider an unlikely source: the Internal Revenue Code (IRC). The IRC includes several tax relief provisions that apply to affected taxpayers. Some of these provisions are permanent. The following are among the permanent provisions discussed in this report: casualty loss deductions, IRC Section 165; exemption from taxation for disaster relief payments to individuals, IRC Section 139; exemption from taxation for certain insurance payments, IRC Section 123; and deferral of gain from the involuntary conversion of homes destroyed or damaged by a disaster, IRC Section 1033. In recent years, Congress has enacted tax legislation generally intended to assist victims of specific disasters; as a result, these laws were temporary in nature. One act, however, provided more general, but still temporary, relief for any federally declared disaster occurring prior to January 1, 2010. The acts providing temporary relief include the following: The Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act of 2002, P.L. 107-147, which provided tax benefits for areas of New York City damaged by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001; The Katrina Emergency Tax Relief Act of 2005 (KETRA), P.L. 109-73, which provided tax relief to assist the victims of Hurricane Katrina in 2005; The Gulf Opportunity Zone (GO Zone) Act of 2005, P.L. 109-135, which provided tax relief to those affected by Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma in 2005; and The Heartland Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2008, P.L. 110-343, which provided tax relief to assist recovery from both the severe weather that affected the Midwest during the summer of 2008 and Hurricane Ike. This act also included general disaster tax relief provisions that applied to federally declared disasters occurring before January 1, 2010. This publication provides a basic overview of existing, permanent provisions that benefit victims of disasters, as well as past, targeted legislative responses to particular disasters. The relief is discussed without examining either the qualifications for or the limitation on claiming the provisions' benefits. In light of Hurricane Sandy, this publication is designed to help Congress identify previous legislative responses to recent disasters.
"The objective of this report is to identify and establish a roadmap on how to do that, and lay the groundwork for transforming how this Nation- from every level of government to the private sector to individual citizens and communities - pursues a real and lasting vision of preparedness. To get there will require significant change to the status quo, to include adjustments to policy, structure, and mindset"--P. 2.
H.R. 4440, the Gulf Opportunity Zone Act of 2005, and S. 2020, the Tax Relief Act of 2005, contain tax benefits to assist in the recovery from Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma. The bills provide similar relief and both expand several provisions in the Katrina Emergency Tax Relief Act (KETRA, P.L. 109-73)1 to apply to victims of Hurricanes Rita and Wilma. The House has not yet acted on H.R. 4440. The Senate passed S. 2020 by a vote of 64 to 33 on November 18, 2005. This report summarizes the bills' provisions dealing with hurricane relief and will be updated as events warrant.

A Failure of Initiative

United States. Congress. House. Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 588


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