Time limit for tax when property is replaced after a disaster

(a) If a taxpayer has made the election provided in section 1033(a)(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code, the rules stated in this section apply. (b) The statutory period for the assessment of any deficiency, for any taxable year in which is realized any part of the gain on the conversion which is the subject of the election referred to in subsection (a) of this section, attributable to such gain, shall not expire prior to the expiration of three years from the date the department of taxation is notified by the taxpayer (in such manner as the department has prescribed or may prescribe) of the replacement of the converted property or of an intention not to replace, and such deficiency may be assessed at any time before the expiration of this three-year period notwithstanding any other provision which would otherwise prevent such assessment. (c) If the property or stock purchased as a replacement for converted property was purchased before the beginning of the last taxable year in which any part of the gain upon such conversion is realized, any deficiency, to the extent resulting from the election referred to in subsection (a) of this section, for any taxable year ending before such last taxable year may be assessed, notwithstanding any other provision which would otherwise prevent such assessment, at any time before the expiration of the period within which a deficiency for such last taxable year may be assessed.