Protect Innocent Victims of Taxation After Fire Extension Act
Sponsored By: Senator Alex Padilla
Introduced
Summary
This bill would exclude certain wildfire relief payments from federal taxable income. It targets payments that compensate people for losses and expenses after federally declared forest or range fires and prevents double tax benefits.
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- Families and individuals: People who get qualifying wildfire relief payments would not pay federal income tax on those amounts, but only for losses not already covered by insurance or other compensation. Payments can cover extra living expenses, lost wages paid to the individual (not wages paid by an employer), personal injury, death, or emotional distress.
- Tax filers and property owners: Recipients could not claim tax deductions for expenses paid with excluded amounts, and excluded payments would not increase a property's tax basis.
- Scope and timing: The exclusion would apply to disasters declared after Dec. 31, 2014, and to amounts received after Dec. 31, 2025.
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Tax-free wildfire relief for households
If enacted, you would be able to exclude from your income any qualified wildfire relief payment you (or someone on your behalf) receive. The exclusion would apply to losses from federally declared forest or range fire disasters declared after December 31, 2014. The exclusion would only cover amounts not paid back by insurance or other payments and would not include lost wages if those wages were paid by an employer who would otherwise have paid them. The rule would apply to amounts received after December 31, 2025. At the same time, you would not be allowed to claim a deduction or credit, or increase the tax basis of property, for any amount excluded under this rule.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Alex Padilla
CA • D
Cosponsors
Cynthia Lummis
WY • R
Sponsored 12/4/2025
Ron Wyden
OR • D
Sponsored 12/4/2025
Tim Sheehy
MT • R
Sponsored 12/4/2025
Roll Call Votes
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