On April 19, 2021, the IRS announced the establishment of a new Office of Promoter Investigations (OPI). The creation of OPI demonstrates the IRS’s commitment to pursuing promoters and combating
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On April 9, 2021, the IRS urged taxpayers who engage in micro-captive insurance arrangements to exit these transactions. This announcement follows an IRS victory in the U.S. Tax Court, which
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On Oct. 22, 2020, the IRS announced it is offering a second time-limited settlement initiative to certain taxpayers who participated in abusive micro-captive insurance transactions and who currently are under
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Emboldened by significant victories in three Tax Court cases involving micro-captive insurance companies, on Jan. 31, 2020, the IRS announced that it is establishing 12 new examination teams to assist
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On Sept. 16, 2019, the IRS announced it is offering settlements to certain taxpayers with open audits of micro-captive insurance transactions. The IRS has targeted these micro-captive insurance transactions
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The IRS has announced that “affected taxpayers” in areas of Florida, Georgia, Puerto Rico, Texas, and the U.S. Virgin Islands designated as “covered disaster areas” are eligible for the postponement
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Irrevocable life insurance trusts (ILITs) serve a multitude of significant estate planning and asset protection objectives. To effectuate these goals, proper administration of such trusts is required. This can be
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Life-changing events such as marriage, divorce, and death require a review of the beneficiary designations for life insurance policies and retirement accounts. These types of assets often represent a significant
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Greenberg Traurig’s Insurance Regulatory and Transactions Practice is listed in Law360’s “The 16 Firms GCs Love For Insurance Work.” As the insurance industry continues to grow and evolve, 16 law
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