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                                                               <p>Hurricanes Harvey and Irma have done their damage and more big storms may be on the way. Unfortunately, more than a few disasters occur almost every year in America. If you are unlucky enough to suffer a disaster-related loss, here’s what you need to know about the federal income tax implications. </p> <p> <strong>Deductions for personal casualty losses</strong> </p> <p>In theory, the federal income tax rules allow you to claim an itemized deduction for personal casualty losses that are not covered by insurance. A casualty loss occurs when the fair market value of an asset is reduced or wiped out by hurricane, wind, flood, fire, earthquake, volcanic eruption, sonic boom and the like, or by theft or vandalism. </p> <p>In reality, however, many disaster victims don’t qualify for personal casualty loss write-offs because of the following two rules. </p> <ul class="articleList"> <li>You must reduce your loss by $100. No big deal.</li> <li>You must further reduce the loss by an amount equal to 10% of your adjusted gross income (AGI) for the year. AGI is the number at the bottom of page 1 of your Form 1040; it includes all taxable income items and selected deductions such as the ones for alimony paid, IRA contributions, and moving expenses. This reduction is a big deal. </li> </ul> <p>Say you incur a $40,000 personal casualty loss from one of this year’s disasters and have AGI of $150,000. Your write-off will be only $24,900 ($40,000 - $100 - $15,000). You get absolutely no tax break if your loss before the two required subtractions is $15,100 or less, and you have no chance for a deduction unless you itemize. </p> <p>But let’s assume you do have a deductible personal casualty loss from a 2017 event after the two subtractions. If the loss was caused by a disaster in a federally declared disaster area, a special rule allows you to claim your rightful deduction on either your return for 2017 (the year the casualty event occurred) or on an original or amended return for 2016 (the year before the casualty event). In effect, this beneficial rule allows you to claim the deduction in the year when it does you the most tax-saving good. And if you choose to claim the deduction on a 2016 return, you don’t have to wait until after you’ve filed your 2017 return sometime next year to collect your tax savings. Remember: this special deduction timing rule is only available for losses in a federally declared disaster area (such as the areas affected by Harvey and Irma). You can find these areas on the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) website at www.fema.gov/disasters. At the top of the page, plug in your state and the date or type of the incident. </p> <p> <strong>Deductions for business casualty losses</strong> </p> <p>If you have disaster-related losses to business assets, you don’t have to worry about the $100 subtraction rule or the 10%-of-AGI subtraction rule. Instead, you can deduct the full amount of your uninsured loss as a business expense. As with personal casualty losses, you have the option of claiming deductions for 2017 losses that occur in a federally declared disaster area on either your 2017 return or an original or amended return for 2016.</p> <p> <strong>Watch out: You might have a taxable involuntary conversion gain</strong> </p> <p>When you have insurance coverage for disaster-related property damage — under a homeowners, renters, or business policy — you might actually have a taxable gain instead of a deductible casualty loss. Why? Because if the insurance proceeds exceed the tax basis of the damaged or destroyed property (basis is normally equal to the cost of the property, including improvements), you have a taxable profit as far as the IRS is concerned. This is the case even if the insurance company doesn’t fully compensate you for the pre-casualty value of the property. These gains are called involuntary conversion gains — because the casualty event causes your property or asset to suddenly be converted into cash from the insurance proceeds. </p> <p>For example, you could have a big involuntary conversion gain if your valuable vacation home was heavily damaged or destroyed and your insurance coverage greatly exceeded what you paid for the property when you bought it years ago. </p> <p>If you have an involuntary conversion gain, it generally must be reported as income on your Form 1040 unless you: (1) make a gain deferral election and (2) make sufficient expenditures to replace the property with similar property by the applicable deadline. If you make the election (you generally should when it is available), you’ll have a taxable gain only to the extent the insurance proceeds exceed what you spend to repair or replace the damaged or destroyed property or asset. The expenditures for repair or replacement generally must occur within the period beginning on the date the property was damaged or destroyed and ending two years after the close of the tax year in which you have the involuntary conversion gain. </p> <p> <strong>Beneficial rules for principal residence involuntary conversion gains</strong> </p> <p>For federal income tax purposes, special taxpayer-friendly rules apply to principal residence involuntary conversion gains. </p> <ul class="articleList"> <li>You can use the principal residence gain exclusion break to reduce or eliminate the involuntary conversion gain. The maximum gain exclusion is $250,000 for unmarried homeowners and $500,000 for married joint-filing couples. To qualify for the maximum exclusion, you must have owned and used the property as your main home for at least two out the last five years.</li> <li>If your residence was damaged or destroyed by an event in a federally declared disaster area and you still have an involuntary conversion gain after taking advantage of the gain exclusion break, you have four years (instead of the normal two years) to make expenditures to repair or replace the property and thereby avoid a taxable gain.</li> <li>If contents in your principal residence are damaged or destroyed by an event in a federally declared disaster area, there is no taxable gain from insurance proceeds that cover losses to unscheduled personal property (so-called contents coverage). In other words, you need not replace the contents to avoid a taxable gain. You can do whatever you want with that part of the insurance money. Source: IRS Revenue Ruling 95-22.</li> </ul> <p> <strong>The bottom line</strong> </p> <p>There you have it: most of what you need to know about disaster-related casualties and your taxes. For more details, see IRS Publication 547 (Casualties, Disasters, and Thefts) at <a href="http://www.irs.gov/publications/" target="_new" class="icon " >www.irs.gov/publications/</a>. If you have big losses or large insurance payments that could result in a sizable involuntary conversion gain, consider hiring a tax pro to deal with all the complicated rules and prepare your return.</p> 

                            
                            
                                  
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
                                  
                            
                            
                                  
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      


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                            <div class="bankrates-display"><a href="http://www.bankrate.com/partners/funnel/mortgage-rates.aspx?pid=p:mkw&amp;prods=4&amp;loan=650000" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">30 yr fixed Jumbo</a></div>
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                            <div class="bankrates-display"><a href="http://www.bankrate.com/funnel/savings/savings-results.aspx?pid=p:mkw&amp;prods=36" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MMA $50K+</a></div>
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                            <div class="bankrates-value">0.42%</div>
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                            <div class="bankrates-value">3.72%</div>
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                            <div class="bankrates-display"><a href="http://www.bankrate.com/funnel/auto/?pid=p:mkw&amp;prods=74" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">48 Mo Used Car</a></div>
                            <div class="bankrates-value">3.73%</div>
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                            <div class="bankrates-display"><a href="http://www.bankrate.com/funnel/auto/?pid=p:mkw&amp;prods=42" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">36 Mo Used Car</a></div>
                            <div class="bankrates-value">3.79%</div>
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                            <div class="bankrates-display"><a href="http://www.bankrate.com/funnel/auto/?pid=p:mkw&amp;prods=311" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">72 Mo New Car</a></div>
                            <div class="bankrates-value">3.61%</div>
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                            <div class="bankrates-display"><a href="http://www.bankrate.com/funnel/auto/?pid=p:mkw&amp;prods=41" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">60 Mo New Car</a></div>
                            <div class="bankrates-value">3.72%</div>
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                        <li data-ticker="BR2_ZZA39">
                            <div class="bankrates-display"><a href="http://www.bankrate.com/funnel/auto/?pid=p:mkw&amp;prods=39" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">48 Mo New Car</a></div>
                            <div class="bankrates-value">3.57%</div>
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                        <li data-ticker="BR2_ZZA278">
                            <div class="bankrates-display"><a href="http://www.bankrate.com/funnel/auto/?pid=p:mkw&amp;prods=278" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">60 Mo Auto Refi</a></div>
                            <div class="bankrates-value">2.89%</div>
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                        <li data-ticker="BR2_ZZA276">
                            <div class="bankrates-display"><a href="http://www.bankrate.com/funnel/auto/?pid=p:mkw&amp;prods=276" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">36 Mo Auto Refi</a></div>
                            <div class="bankrates-value">2.51%</div>
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                <span class="rates-footer">National averages from <a href="http://www.bankrate.com" target="_blank">Bankrate.com</a></span>
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                                <td class="apr">13.14%</td>
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                                <td class="name"><a href="http://www.bankrate.com/credit-cards/business-cards.aspx?pid=mkw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Business</a></td>
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                                <td class="name"><a href="http://www.bankrate.com/credit-cards/balance-transfer-cards.aspx?pid=mkw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Balance Transfer</a></td>
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                                <td class="name"><a href="http://www.bankrate.com/credit-cards/student-cards.aspx?pid=mkw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Student</a></td>
                                <td class="apr">15.92%</td>
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                                <td class="name"><a href="http://www.bankrate.com/credit-cards/airline-miles-cards.aspx?pid=mkw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Airline</a></td>
                                <td class="apr">16.41%</td>
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