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On the recordSeptember 13, 2012
This guidance is most welcome. It is now beyond dispute that these payments should be tax exempt as they originated as damages in part as a result of the Federal Government's mismanagement of tribal trust accounts.
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Ben Ray Luján
Democratic · New Mexico

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Lujan welcomes IRS guidance confirming tax exemption for certain tribal payments.

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