The Katrina Emergency Relief Act of 2005 (KETRA) provides the following liberalized rules for qualified retirement plan and IRAs:
- Penalty-free withdrawals for disaster victims
- Income-averaging for qualified Hurricane Katrina distributions.
- Recontribution of qualified Hurricane Katrina distributions.
- Recontribution of withdrawals for home purchases canceled due to Hurricane Katrina.
- Increased loan limits and postponed payments for victims of Hurricane Katrina
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