119 S1773 IS: Tax Relief for Victims of Crimes, Scams, and Disasters Act U.S. Senate 2025-05-15 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

II 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1773 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 15, 2025 Ms. Baldwin (for herself, Mrs. Moody, and Mr. Welch) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reinstate the deduction for personal casualty losses as in effect prior to the enactment of Public Law 115–97.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Tax Relief for Victims of Crimes, Scams, and Disasters Act.

2.

Reinstatement of deduction for personal casualty loss

(a)

In general

Section 165(h) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking paragraph (5). (b)

Effective date

The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017.

3.

Extension of time to file claim for credit or refund for personal casualty loss deduction

(a)

In general

In the case of a taxpayer who filed a return for a taxable year ending before January 1, 2025, with respect to which a deduction could have been taken by the taxpayer under section 165(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 but for the fact that such deduction was suspended under section 165(h)(5) at the time of filing— (1) the period of limitation prescribed by section 6511(a) of such Code on filing a claim for credit or refund for any such taxable year shall be extended until the date prescribed by law (including extensions) for filing the return of tax for the taxable year that includes the date of the enactment of this Act, and (2) section 6511(b)(2) of such Code shall not apply to any claim of credit or refund with respect to such return. (b)

Extension restricted to personal casualty loss deduction

Subsection (a) shall apply only with respect to a claim for credit or refund of a taxpayer to the extent such claim relates to an overpayment attributable to the deduction under section 165(a) for personal casualty losses described in section 165(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.