The question prompt states to "Select Yes only if you were affected by a federally declared natural disaster that was declared before February 19, 2020. " Clicking on the "which natural disaster are allowed" link, I confirmed that New Jersey TROPICAL STORM ISAIAS (DR-4574-NJ) was a Major Disaster Declared for my county. I did further search IRS publication 584 Casualty, Disaster, and Theft Loss Workbook (Personal-Use Property) which pointed to Form 4684, Casualties and Thefts,. The definition of a Qualified Disaster Loss for the 4684 instructions appear to be updated to extend the loss from Jan 1 2018 and Feb 18 2020 to - A qualified disaster loss is now expanded to include an individual's casualty and theft of personal-use property that is attributable to a major federal disaster that was declared before February 26, 2021, by the President under section 401 of the Stafford Act and that occurred on or after December 28, 2019, and on or before December 27, 2020, and continued no later than January 26, 2021. However, this change does not include those losses attributable to a major disaster that has been declared only by reason of COVID-19.
IDoes this mean I should fill out form 4684 for a loss that occurred in August 2020?
