A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the deduction of attorney-advanced expenses and court costs in contingency fee cases.

3.0.0 2519 2023-01-11T13:19:10Z 2023-01-11T13:19:10Z House H HR 2009-05-20 111 hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2009-05-20T14:02:46Z A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the deduction of attorney-advanced expenses and court costs in contingency fee cases. 111 437 S 2009-02-13 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2325-2326) Related bill CRS 2009-05-20 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2009-05-20 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-05-20 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress D000602 Rep. Davis, Artur [D-AL-7] Artur Davis D AL 7 N K000210 Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3] PETER KING R NY T. 3 2009-05-20 True V000128 Rep. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD-8] Chris Van Hollen D MD 8 2009-06-03 False C001038 Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-7] JOSEPH CROWLEY D NY 7 2009-06-03 False S001162 Rep. Schwartz, Allyson Y. [D-PA-13] Allyson Schwartz D PA Y. 13 2009-06-03 False M001174 Rep. McMahon, Michael E. [D-NY-13] Michael McMahon D NY E. 13 2009-07-07 False M001148 Rep. Meek, Kendrick B. [D-FL-17] Kendrick Meek D FL B. 17 2009-07-27 False L000287 Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5] JOHN LEWIS D GA 5 2009-07-27 False K000372 Rep. Kilroy, Mary Jo [D-OH-15] Mary Jo Kilroy D OH 15 2009-07-31 False D000399 Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-25] LLOYD DOGGETT D TX 25 2009-11-06 False Taxation Civil actions and liability Income tax deductions Lawyers and legal services Taxation

00 2009-05-20 Introduced in House 2009-06-06T15:24:00Z Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit a tax deduction for expenses and court costs advanced in a contingency fee case, which shall be determined as if such expense or cost was not subject to repayment.

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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the deduction of attorney-advanced expenses and court costs in contingency fee cases. Display Title To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the deduction of attorney-advanced expenses and court costs in contingency fee cases. Official Title as Introduced To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the deduction of attorney-advanced expenses and court costs in contingency fee cases. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2009-05-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr2519ih/xml/BILLS-111hr2519ih.xml 2009-05-20 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.