I never had to deal with disasters and am trying since hours to find any information on disasters starting with EM and FM. The only code I am sure of is DR. The declared disaster that I am dealing with starts with FM and my software allows only disasters starting with DR or EM. I spent hours on the FEMA & IRS & other Google websites and also called FEMA (oh also search on this message board). It seems that FM is not a qualifying disaster but why is EM allowed. Any inside is greatly appreciated.
EM vs FM vs DR Disasters for personal loss
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DR - Major Disaster Declaration
EM - Emergency Declaration
FM - Fire Management Assistance Declaration
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Your title says "personal loss". I assume you mean a Casualty Loss for tax purposes?
While the IRS has the ability to do things like extend deadlines for other disasters, a Casualty Loss (ยง165) needs to be for a "Federally declared disaster", which is defined as "The term “Federally declared disaster” means any disaster subsequently determined by the President of the United States to warrant assistance by the Federal Government under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act."
So the President needs to state it is a qualifying disaster. I have no idea why the software would ask for FEMA codes, unless perhaps some states treat them differently.
Based on what your software is doing, it seems like the "FM" is not a qualifying Presidentially Declared Disaster.
This IRS page is the 'hub' for finding out the different provisions for various disasters:
Does that help at all? If not, could you give more details about situation?Comment
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But it's the 4684 that requires the FEMA code now, it looks like they only accept DR- and EM- codes.
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Interesting, I didn't notice that on the 4684. I suppose the IRS wants to verify that it is a qualifying disaster.
As I mentioned above, that presumably means that the "FM" situations are not a qualifying Presidentially Declared Disaster.Comment
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I haven't done these either so I'm no more help than Bill.But it's the 4684 that requires the FEMA code now, it looks like they only accept DR- and EM- codes.
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