HR 1540
110th Congress
House
Taxation
Accounting
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Discrimination in employment
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Law
Punitive damages
Tax exclusion
Wage restitution
Civil Rights Tax Relief Act of 2007
Introduced: March 15, 2007
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 15, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Mar 15, 2007
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Civil Rights Tax Relief Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow an exclusion from gross income for amounts received (either backpay or frontpay or punitive damages) on account of an unlawful discrimination claim; and (2) allow income averaging for backpay and frontpay amounts received from such claims.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Committees of jurisdiction
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