Deirdre Harris Interview (2009)
Louisiana: The State We're In
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: Newsmagazine
Place Covered: Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 2009-05-29
Duration: 00:05:19
Subjects: Taxes | Hurricanes | Road Home (Program: La.) | United States. Internal Revenue Service | INCOME TAX | TAX RETURNS | Financial records | Natural Disasters | Hurricane damage | Hurricane preparedness | Homeowners insurance | Named storm deductibles
Contributors:
- Sanford, Shauna Host
- Harris, Deirdre Interviewee
Description
This segment from the May 29, 2009, episode of the series “Louisiana: The State We’re In” features Shauna Sanford’s on-set interview with Deirdre Harris of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) about the importance of protecting financial and tax records in the event of hurricanes and other disasters. Harris discusses: the importance of making back-up copies of financial and tax records and storing them outside of the potential disaster zone; changes made to the process for claiming a federal disaster loss; named storm deductibles; a tax law change made for recipients of Road Home grants; and resources available for more information.