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HR 4241 112th Congress House Taxation Civil actions and liability Correctional facilities and imprisonment Income tax exclusion

Wrongful Convictions Tax Relief Act of 2012

Introduced: March 22, 2012 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Mar 22, 2012
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Wrongful Convictions Tax Relief Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a wrongfully incarcerated individual an exclusion from gross income for civil damages, restitution, or other monetary awards received as compensation for a wrongful incarceration. Defines "wrongfully incarcerated individual" as: (1) an individual who was convicted of a criminal offense under federal or state law, who served all or part of a sentence of imprisonment relating to such offense, and who was pardoned, granted clemency, or granted amnesty because of actual innocence of the offense; or (2) an individual for whom the conviction for such offense was reversed or vacated and for whom the indictment, information, or other accusatory instrument for such offense was dismissed or who was found not guilty at a new trial after the conviction was reversed or vacated.

What's happening now March 22, 2012

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Mar 22, 2012
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4241: Wrongful Convictions Tax Relief Act of 2012. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-4241/
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"H.R. 4241: Wrongful Convictions Tax Relief Act of 2012." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-4241/.
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H.R. 4241, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-4241/.
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