California winter storm victims get state tax relief.

• Position: FTBNEWS

Special tax relief is available for California taxpayers affected by severe winter storms in January and February. The counties of Calaveras, Imperial, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino and Siskiyou were declared a major disaster by the federal government due to a series of winter storms. The declaration allows affected taxpayers to claim disaster losses in the current or prior tax year. Taxpayers that have already filed a 2009 tax return...