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S 3989 111th Congress Senate Taxation Crime victims Judicial procedure and administration Legal fees and court costs Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an offset against income tax refunds to pay for restitution and other State judicial debts that are past-due.

Introduced: November 30, 2010 Introduced by: Wyden, Ron Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov
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Nov 30, 2010
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Nov 30, 2010
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8299)
Nov 30, 2010
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the chief justice of the highest court of any state that wishes to collect past-due, legally enforceable state judicial debts to designate a single state entity to communicate judicial debt information to the Secretary of the Treasury.

Directs the Secretary, upon receiving notice from such an entity that a named person owes a past-due, legally enforceable state judicial debt, to pay such debt from any tax refund due to such person.

Defines "state judicial debt" to include court costs, fees, fines, assessments, restitution to victims of crime, and other monies resulting from a judgment or sentence rendered by any court or tribunal of competent jurisdiction handling criminal or traffic cases in the state.

What's happening now November 30, 2010

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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