2020 Disasters Tax Relief Act
United States116th CongressS-4621Senate
Updated: Sep 17, 2020
Summary
2020 Disasters Tax Relief Act This bill sets forth tax relief provisions for individual and business taxpayers residing in a disaster zone during the period beginning on January 1, 2020, and ending 60 days after the enactment of this bill. Specifically, the bill allows penalty-free disaster-relief withdrawals from tax-exempt retirement plans up to $100,000, permits recontributions of such withdrawals for home purchases cancelled due to disasters, increases to $100,000 the limit on loans for disaster assistance from retirement plans, allows employers affected by a disaster a 40% tax credit for the purpose of retaining employees, enhances the tax deduction for disaster-related personal casualty losses, permits the calculation of the earned income tax credit based upon income earned prior to 2020, increases low-income housing tax credit allocations, reimburses U.S. possessions for losses sustained due to the application of the provisions of this bill.
Bill texts
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Timeline
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Senate
Introduced in Senate
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