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HR 1423 111th Congress House Taxation Employee benefits and pensions Income tax exclusion Legal fees and court costs

To restore and make permanent the exclusion from gross income for amounts received under qualified group legal services plans and to increase the maximum amount of the exclusion.

Introduced: March 10, 2009 See on congress.gov
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Mar 10, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Mar 10, 2009
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E611)
Mar 10, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to restore, make permanent, and eliminate the dollar limitation for the tax exclusion for amounts received under a qualified group legal services plan.

What's happening now March 10, 2009

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 7 Republican 1
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Cole, Tom
Oklahoma · Jan 27, 2010
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Nov 17, 2009
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Oct 27, 2009
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Oct 27, 2009
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Oct 27, 2009
 D
Peters, Gary C.
Michigan · Oct 27, 2009
 D
Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Sep 9, 2009
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Jun 8, 2009
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1423: To restore and make permanent the exclusion from gross income for amounts received under qualified group legal services plans and to increase the maximum amount of the exclusion.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1423/
MLA
"H.R. 1423: To restore and make permanent the exclusion from gross income for amounts received under qualified group legal services plans and to increase the maximum amount of the exclusion.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1423/.
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H.R. 1423, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1423/.
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[H.R. 1423: To restore and make permanent the exclusion from gross income for amounts received under qualified group legal services plans and to increase the maximum amount of the exclusion.](https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1423/)
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