California § 17138.5 - Gross income does not include any qualified amount received by a qualified taxpay
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§ 17138.5. Gross income does not include any qualified amount received by a qualified taxpay
(a) Gross income does not include any qualified amount received by a qualified taxpayer. (b) For purposes of this section: (1) âQualified amountâ means any amount received in settlement by a qualified taxpayer from the Fire Victims Trust, established pursuant to the order of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California dated June 20, 2020, case number 19-30088, docket number 8053. (2) âQualified taxpayerâ means any of the following: (A) (i) Any taxpayer that owned real property located in the County of Amador or Calaveras during the 2015 Butte Fire who incurred and paid expenses and received amounts from a settlement arising out of or pursuant to the 2015 Butte Fire. (ii) Any taxpayer that resided within the County of Amador or Calaveras during the 2015 Butte Fire who incurred and paid expenses and received amounts from a settlement arising out of or pursuant to the 2015 Butte Fire. (B) (i) Any taxpayer that owned real property located in the County of Napa, Sonoma, Lake, Butte, Mendocino, or Solano during the 2017 North Bay Fires who incurred and paid expenses and received amounts from a settlement arising out of or pursuant to one or more of the 2017 North Bay Fires. (ii) Any taxpayer that resided within the County of Napa, Sonoma, Lake, Butte, Mendocino, or Solano during the 2017 North Bay Fires who incurred and paid expenses and received amounts from a settlement arising out of or pursuant to one or more of the 2017 North Bay Fires. (C) (i) Any taxpayer that owned real property located in the County of Butte during the 2018 Camp Fire who incurred and paid expenses and received amounts from a settlement arising out of or pursuant to the 2018 Camp Fire. (ii) Any taxpayer that resided within the County of Butte during the 2018 Camp Fire who incurred and paid expenses and received amounts from a settlement arising out of or pursuant to the 2018 Camp Fire. (c) The Fire Victims Trust, shall provide, upon request by the Franchise Tax Board, an annual list of names, addresses, payment dates, and qualified amounts paid to qualified taxpayers. (d) (1) This section shall apply to taxable years beginning before, on, or after the effective date of the act adding this section. (2) If the credit or refund of any overpayment of tax resulting from the application of this section to a period before the effective date of this section is prevented as of that date by the operation of any law or rule of law, including res judicata, that credit or refund may nevertheless be allowed or made if the claim therefor is filed before the close of the one-year period beginning on the effective date of the act adding this section. (e) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2028, and as of that date is repealed.
Source: official California text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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