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New Federal Civil Rights Tax Relief Act Ends Double Taxation On Attorney Fee Awards
Loaded on April 15, 2005
published in Prison Legal News
April, 2005, page 24
by John E. Dannenberg
Filed under:
Attorney Fee Awards,
Damages,
Tax Law,
News,
Federal Legislation.
Location:
United States of America.
On October 22, 2004, President Bush signed into law the Civil Rights Tax Relief Act (CRTRA), enacted as section 703 of the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004. While the CRTRA was intended to provide relief from double taxation of attorney fees owed prevailing plaintiffs in …
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