S 1781
112th Congress
Senate
Taxation
Civil actions and liability
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Income tax exclusion
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Wages and earnings
Civil Rights Tax Relief Act of 2011
Introduced: November 2, 2011
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 2, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Nov 2, 2011
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Civil Rights Tax Relief Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) an exclusion from gross income for amounts received 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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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