I have received a check for a currency conversion fee antitrust settlement (Ross, et al. v. American Express Co., et al.).
This lawsuit involves claims that the settling defendants Bank of America, Capital One, Chase, HSBC and NAF and the non-settling defendants Citibank and Discover violated federal law by conspiring, with each other and certain non-defendants, to require that their cardholders (a) take all legal disputes to arbitration rather than court and (b) give up any right to participate in class actions against the above six credit card companies. This case is on behalf of cardholders who are subject to arbitration clauses. Cardholders who are not subject to arbitration clauses, including any Discover cardholders who have opted out of arbitration, are not included in the case.
I don't have to report the amount of the check on my 2013 federal income tax, right? (The check amount is only $8.23, so I am not overly worried about it but nevertheless I would like to know...)
Thanks.