71 Exclusion for certain victim compensation payments. Effective for tax years

beginning on or after January 1, 2007, a taxpayer may exclude from Iowa individual income tax any income received from certain victim compensation payments to the extent this income was reported on the federal income tax return. The amounts which may be excluded from income include the following: 1. Victim compensation awards paid under the victim compensation program administered by the department of justice in accordance with Iowa Code section 915.81, and received by the taxpayer during the tax year. 2. Victim restitution payments received by a taxpayer during the tax year in accordance with Iowa Code chapter 910 or 915. 3. Damages awarded by a court, and received by a taxpayer, in a civil action filed by a victim against an offender during the tax year. This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section 422.7 as amended by 2007 Iowa Acts, Senate File 70. [Editorial change: IAC Supplement 11/2/22]