HR 1169 · in committee · significant
Wildfire Victim Tax Relief and Recovery Act
- taxes
What this bill does
- Farmers can delay paying taxes on livestock sales forced by wildfires for up to four years.
- Individuals affected by five specific Texas wildfires in early 2024 can exclude disaster relief payments from taxable income.
- The bill provides tax relief retroactively for those fires and expands existing weather-related livestock deferral rules to include fire.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How should Congress decide which natural disasters qualify for retroactive tax relief versus relying on existing federal disaster programs?
- 02
What are the tradeoffs between allowing farmers to defer livestock sale taxes for four years versus requiring immediate payment with other financial assistance?
- 03
Should wildfire tax relief provisions apply only to the five named Texas fires or be written to cover future wildfires in any state?
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Sponsor · R-TX-13
Ronny Jackson
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Introduced 2025-02-10
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Legislative timeline
2025-02-10 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
2025-02-10 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-02-10 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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