This bill proposes to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 by significantly increasing the dollar threshold for information reporting concerning payments for qualified natural disaster expenses. Specifically, it raises the reporting requirement from the current $600 to $5,000 for certain payments. These qualified natural disaster expenses include those incurred to mitigate the risk posed to real property by natural disasters or extreme weather repair damage done to real property by natural disasters or extreme weather . The increased threshold applies to returns regarding payments made in the course of trade or business and for remuneration for services, aiming to reduce reporting burdens for smaller transactions related to disaster preparedness and recovery. The amendments will apply to amounts paid or incurred after the date of enactment.
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Taxation
Natural Disaster Property Protection Act of 2025
USA119th CongressHR-1093| House
| Updated: 2/6/2025
This bill proposes to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 by significantly increasing the dollar threshold for information reporting concerning payments for qualified natural disaster expenses. Specifically, it raises the reporting requirement from the current $600 to $5,000 for certain payments. These qualified natural disaster expenses include those incurred to mitigate the risk posed to real property by natural disasters or extreme weather repair damage done to real property by natural disasters or extreme weather . The increased threshold applies to returns regarding payments made in the course of trade or business and for remuneration for services, aiming to reduce reporting burdens for smaller transactions related to disaster preparedness and recovery. The amendments will apply to amounts paid or incurred after the date of enactment.