Passed in the House on April 1, 2025 · 423 Yea, 0 Nay, 8 Not Voting
Question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended: H R 1491 Disaster Related Extension of Deadlines Act
In plain English: This bill ensures that when tax deadlines are postponed due to disasters, those postponements are also counted when figuring out how much of a tax refund someone can get. It also means the IRS will count these disaster-related postponements when sending out tax payment notices.
Disaster Related Extension of Deadlines Act This bill requires the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to treat the postponement of the federal tax return deadline due to a federally declared disaster or certain other events as an extension of such deadline for purposes of calculating the limit on a tax refund. The bill also provides that the IRS’s deadline for sending certain notices includes such postponement. Under current law, a tax refund claim must be filed within three years of the date that…