Proposed Sandy tax relief for individuals and businesses

These measures are proposed June 2013 and appear to have a strong chance of passage. (My source is NJSCPA.org).

 

Individuals:

  • Waiver of Adjusted Gross Income limitation for theft/loss deduction, so individuals can deduct the cost of uninsured losses. 
     
  • Increased Charitable Contribution Limits: The legislation increases charitable deduction limits of taxpayers with respect to cash contributions to certain tax exempt organizations made for the purpose of relief efforts related to Hurricane Sandy. 
     
  • Look-back Provision for Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit, to allow a family in the affected region to opt to use their previous year’s earnings to calculate their Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit.
     
  • Allow taxpayers whose principal place of residence is in the Hurricane Sandy Disaster Area and who suffered a loss from Hurricane Sandy, to take distributions from retirement savings accounts with no tax penalty, provided such amount is repaid within three years.

Businesses:

  • Allowing businesses to expense the cost of disaster recovery.
     
  • Allowing businesses to use Net Operating Loss to recover past tax payments or reduce future tax payments, if they are operating with no tax liability during the prescribed period.
     
  • Increase in new markets tax credit for investments in community development entities serving Hurricane Sandy disaster areas.
     
  • Allowing public utilities to reduce their tax liability when rebuilding or replacing assets damaged in the storm.
     
  • Work Opportunity Tax Credits for displaced workers.

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