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S 1224 113th Congress Senate Taxation Civil actions and liability Employment discrimination and employee rights Income tax exclusion Tax administration and collection, taxpayers Wages and earnings

Civil Justice Tax Fairness Act of 2013

Introduced: June 26, 2013 See on congress.gov
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Jun 26, 2013
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jun 26, 2013
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Civil Justice Tax Fairness Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) an exclusion from gross income for amounts received (whether by judgment or settlement, as lump sums or periodic payments) on account of a claim of unlawful discrimination; (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 26, 2013

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2509 Related bill Civil Justice Tax Fairness Act of 2013
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · Nov 12, 2013
 R
Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Jun 26, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1224: Civil Justice Tax Fairness Act of 2013. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1224/
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"S. 1224: Civil Justice Tax Fairness Act of 2013." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1224/.
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S. 1224, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1224/.
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