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lishlou25-5
April 30, 2025
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Can I claim for disaster relief on taxes if I was in an affected by hurricane? I didn't own the business just work for it

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I deliver for restaurants on an island that was hit by hurricane Helene and Milton closing down all businesses for quite some time

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    Vanessa A
    April 30, 2025

    No.  You cannot claim lost wages or loss of income on your taxes even if it was caused by a declared major disaster. 

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