U.S.C. Title 26 - INTERNAL REVENUE CODE

26 U.S.C.
United States Code, 2024 Edition
Title 26 - INTERNAL REVENUE CODE
Subtitle B - Estate and Gift Taxes
CHAPTER 11 - ESTATE TAX
Subchapter A - Estates of Citizens or Residents
PART IV - TAXABLE ESTATE
Sec. 2054 - Losses
From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov

§2054. Losses

For purposes of the tax imposed by section 2001, the value of the taxable estate shall be determined by deducting from the value of the gross estate losses incurred during the settlement of estates arising from fires, storms, shipwrecks, or other casualties, or from theft, when such losses are not compensated for by insurance or otherwise.

(Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 390.)