Yes, you can claim the food lost in your freezers due to Hurricane Irma. TurboTax will guide you through the steps and ask you about your insurance coverage. Sign into TurboTax and follow these steps:
To qualify, a loss must be attributable to a federally declared disaster and occur in an area determined by the President to warrant assistance by the federal government under the Stafford Act, such as Hurricane Irma. The deduction is limited to the “net disaster loss” which consists of the excess of personal casualty losses attributable to a federally declared disaster over personal casualty gains. TurboTax will assist you with this by following the steps above.