Unfortunately, it is not deductible. Even if it was, it likely wouldn't be enough to affect your tax outcome as the total loss you incurred would have to be over 10% of your Adjusted Gross Income.
If you are interested, here is how a casualty loss works: Individuals
are required to claim their casualty and theft losses as an itemized deduction
on Form 1040, Schedule A Itemized Deductions.
- For property held by you for personal use, Subtracted any
salvage value (zero for theft) and any insurance or other
reimbursement from the loss amount.
- Then, subtract $100 from each casualty or theft
event that occurred during the year.
- Then, take that amount and subtract 10% of
your adjusted gross income from that total to calculate your allowable
casualty and theft losses for the year.
- That's the amount that goes on your Schedule A Itemized
Deductions.
If your property is personal-use property or is not completely destroyed,
the amount of your casualty loss is the lesser of:
- The
adjusted basis of your property, or
- The
decrease in fair market value of your property as a result of the casualty
More details can be found at this link http://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc515.html
That said, the amount would have to be pretty large for you to be able
benefit. Also, you must file Schedule A as I stated above. But, if
you want to give it a shot in the Casualty and Theft section of the software,
it wouldn't hurt.
