Our home was effected during hurricane harvey, are the repairs we did to our home tax deductible? We kept receipts. As well as food, clothes, etc. are those as well?

[MinhT · Accepted solution]

Your total loss from the hurricane including the repair cost, food, clothes, furniture (which is not reimbursed by insurance) can be claimed as a casualty and theft loss.

As part of hurricane tax relief, you can deduct your total loss (minus $500 and any amount covered by insurance) along with your usual Standard Deduction. This means you’ll be able to claim everything you lost over $500 without having to itemize deductions on your taxes. 

Make sure to indicate in the My Info section that you were affected by a hurricane (see attached screenshot).

TurboTax will make all the calculations for you.

To enter your loss in TurboTax, please follow these steps:

• Click on Search on the top right of your screen
• In the search box, type casualty loss
• In the search result page, click on Jump to Casualty loss
• TurboTax will take you through a questionnaire where you can enter the details of your loss

[OldNavySubSailor]

I have done that, but it looks like I have to enter each and every item lost into turbo tax