# @theoregonian on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DMi8Fl6UYJm
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/32755496-theoregonian-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-07-25T22:00:43.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Oregonian (@theoregonian) — https://gondola.cc/theoregonian

## Caption

A bill that would have provided some federal tax relief on settlements paid to survivors of utility-caused wildfires died in the final hours of the Oregon legislative session in June, despite early bipartisan support.

Advocates of the proposal that would have required utilities to cover the cost of federal income taxes on settlements to wildfire survivors attributed the failure to a last-minute decision by Democratic lawmakers to tweak the bill and roll it into a completely different package in the final days of the session.

Because it failed to pass, wildfire survivors who receive settlements from an at-fault utility after January 2026 will have to pay federal income taxes on the settlement, pending intervention from Congress. A federal law exempting such settlements from federal income taxes expires at the end of the year.

Read more at the link in our bio.

📸: Sean O'Shea

#wildfires #wildfirerelief #oregon #theoregonian #pacificpower

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