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S 1360 111th Congress Senate Taxation Civil actions and liability Employment discrimination and employee rights Income tax exclusion Wages and earnings

Civil Rights Tax Relief Act of 2009

Introduced: June 25, 2009 See on congress.gov
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Jun 25, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jun 25, 2009
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Civil Rights Tax Relief Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) an exclusion from gross income for amounts received (either backpay or frontpay or punitive damages) on account of an unlawful discrimination claim; (2) income averaging for backpay and frontpay amounts received from such claims, and (3) an exemption from the alternative minimum tax (AMT) for any tax benefit resulting from the income averaging of amounts received from an unlawful discrimination claim.

What's happening now June 25, 2009

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3035 Related bill Civil Rights Tax Relief Act of 2009
 Bill text 1 version

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Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Jun 25, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1360: Civil Rights Tax Relief Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1360/
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"S. 1360: Civil Rights Tax Relief Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1360/.
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S. 1360, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1360/.
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