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“A person who receives a hurricane tax benefit through a U.S. territory's tax system should not also claim the duplicate federal tax benefit for the same loss.”
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“Covered hurricane casualty losses should be counted after subtracting certain casualty gains and reducing each covered loss by $500 before calculating the tax deduction.”
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“People with covered losses from Hurricanes Ian, Nicole, or Fiona should be able to deduct more of those losses from taxable income, including people who take the standard deduction, after subtracting casualty gains and applying a $500 reduction to each loss.”
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“Generator tax help should be limited to taxpayers whose main home is in an area with at least two recent major disaster declarations, while disasters declared for public health reasons would not count.”
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“Personal property losses from Hurricanes Ian, Nicole, or Fiona should get special tax treatment only if the damage happened in a presidentially declared disaster area on or after the listed 2022 date for that hurricane.”
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“For federal bookkeeping, hurricane relief payments to Puerto Rico should be handled through the tax refund payment system rather than treated like a regular grant program.”
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“Eligible taxpayers should be able to lower their federal income tax by up to $500 when they buy an emergency generator for their main home.”
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“The generator tax credit should shrink as income rises, starting above $300,000 for married couples filing jointly and $150,000 for other taxpayers, and the income check should count certain foreign or U.S. territory income that is usually excluded from taxable income.”
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“A generator should qualify for tax help only if it is bought for the taxpayer's main home, not for a second home, rental property, business, or other location.”
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“Taxpayers should have to personally receive federal individual disaster assistance for a covered major disaster before they can qualify for generator tax help.”
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“Only generators bought after the credit starts should qualify, and purchases should count only during the first two years.”
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“People should be able to use special tax relief only for personal losses from Hurricanes Ian, Nicole, or Fiona in federally declared major disaster areas, and only for losses after the covered date for that storm.”
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“Treasury should estimate Puerto Rico's comparable hurricane relief using a model based on U.S. income tax rules and pay the funds through a federal tax-refund-style payment process.”
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