To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income certain income from providing homeowner's insurance following certain federally declared disasters.

Bill: 117-hr-9057
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3]
Introduced: 2022-09-29
Policy area: Taxation
Latest action: action_date: 2022-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-09-29
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill excludes from the gross income of specified insurance companies (other than life insurance companies) certain income from providing homeowner's insurance after a federally declared disaster.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9057 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 29, 2022 Mr. Higgins of Louisiana introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income certain income from providing homeowner’s insurance following certain federally declared disasters.

1. Exclusion of certain income from providing homeowner’s insurance following certain federally declared disasters (a) In general Part II of subchapter L of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 836. Exclusion of certain income from providing homeowner’s insurance following certain federally declared disasters (a) In general In the case of each taxable year in the recovery period, there shall be excluded from the gross income of each specified insurance company the continued business percentage of the qualified homeowner’s insurance income of such company for such taxable year with respect to any disaster area. (b) Specified insurance company For purposes of this section, the term specified insurance company means, with respect to any disaster area, any insurance company (other than a life insurance company) which, immediately prior to the incident date with respect to such disaster area, provided homeowner’s insurance with respect to property located in such disaster area. (c) Qualified homeowner’s insurance income For purposes of this section, the term qualified homeowner’s insurance income means, with respect to any specified insurance company for any taxable year, the excess of— (1) the premiums received by such insurance company for homeowner’s insurance with respect to property located in the disaster area, over (2) deductions properly allocable to such premiums. (d) Continued business percentage For purposes of this section, the term continued business percentage means, with respect to any specified insurance company for any taxable year, the ratio (not greater than 1) of— (1) the amount of gross premiums written, during such taxable year, on homeowner’s insurance with respect to property located in the disaster area, divided by (2) the amount of gross premiums written, during the last taxable year of such insurance company ending before the incident date with respect to such disaster area, on homeowner’s insurance with respect to property located in the disaster area. (e) Recovery period For purposes of this section, the term recovery period means, with respect to any disaster area, the first 5 taxable years ending after the incident date with respect to such disaster area. (f) Disaster area For purposes of this section, the term disaster area has the meaning given such term in section 7508A(d)(3). (g) Incident date For purposes of this section, the term incident date means, with respect to any disaster area, the earliest incident date specified in the declaration with respect to such disaster area. . (b) Clerical amendment The table of sections for part II of subchapter L of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new item: Sec. 836. Exclusion of certain income from providing homeowner’s insurance following certain federally declared disasters. . (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to disaster areas the incident date (as defined in section 836(g) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as added by this section) of which is after December 31, 2021.