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Tax

Dec. 12, 2024

Many 2020-2025 wildfire settlements to be retroactively tax-free

Taxpayers can amend their returns to claim refunds for taxes paid on settlements now considered tax-free, with a special provision extending the deadline for 2020 and 2021 returns.

Robert W. Wood

Managing Partner Wood LLP

333 Sacramento St
San Francisco , California 94111-3601

Phone: (415) 834-0113

Fax: (415) 789-4540

Email: wood@WoodLLP.com

Univ of Chicago Law School

Wood is a tax lawyer at Wood LLP, and often advises lawyers and litigants about tax issues.

Alex Z. Brown

Partner Wood LLP

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Tax relief for wildfire victims has been a hot topic. When a larger tax bill with wildfire tax relief seemed poised to fail in the Senate (as it eventually did), the House passed in May of this year an older stand-alone bill, H.R. 5863, the "Federal Disaster Relief Act of 2023" that contained only the disaster relief provisions. H.R. 5863 passed the House by a large margin, 382 in favor and only 7 against. The Senate has finally passed it as well, by unanimous voice vote. Pre...

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