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Micro-Captive Reportable Transaction Deadline Effectively Extended

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On Friday, April 11, 2025, the Internal Revenue Service issued Notice 2025-24 (the “Notice”), which waives applicable penalties under the Internal Revenue Code to participants in, and material advisors to, reportable...more

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Micro-captive Insurance Reportable Transactions and the Reporting Requirements

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Certain micro-captive transactions are back to being reportable. On January 14, 2025, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) published final regulations (the “Regulations”) that named some...more

Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC

Captive Insurance Update | Spring Edition | 2021 - A summary of state and federal developments in the captive insurance industry

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The measures taken by the Vermont Department of Financial Regulation (the “DFR”) in 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic have been extended through 2021. These include a recognition that in-person board meetings in...more

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Supreme Court Considers IRS’s Micro-Captive Reporting Requirements

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On December 1, 2020, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in CIC Servs. LLC v. Internal Revenue Service, a case challenging the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) reporting requirements around certain...more

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Captive Insurance Companies for the Transportation Industry: A Quick Q&A with Those in the Know

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Captive insurance companies are an elusive risk management strategy that, for many, is so poorly understood it is difficult to even begin consideration. Those who happen to fall into discussions of captives often bounce...more

Carlton Fields

U.S. Tax Court Finds Captive Insurer Is Not an “Insurance Company” Under the Internal Revenue Code

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In this case, Reserve Mechanical Corp. (“Reserve”), a captive insurer incorporated under the laws of Anguilla, sued the Commissioner of Internal Revenue in the U.S. Tax Court regarding the Commissioner’s findings of $477,261...more

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IRS Focuses Its Audit Priorities on Captive Insurance

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The terms "captive insurance" and "federal income tax code" are anything but captivating. Yet, captive insurance has captivated the attention of the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS"), which has placed captive insurance on its...more

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Takeaways from the Tax Court's First Micro-Captive Insurance Ruling

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• The U.S. Tax Court recently ruled in Avrahami v. Commissioner, the first litigated Tax Court case involving an 831(b) captive insurance company. • The Tax Court held that two of the key factors that define "insurance"...more

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Captive Insurance Update | Issue No. 1 | 2017 - A summary of state and federal developments in the captive insurance industry

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Changes at the Top - Republican Phil Scott was elected Governor of Vermont in November 2016, having previously served as Lieutenant Governor for six years. Governor Scott has re-appointed Michael Pieciak to serve as the...more

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IRS Treats Captives With Section 831(B) Elections As “Transactions Of Interest”

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On the heels of Congress’ amendments last year to Section 831(b) of the Internal Revenue Code to curb perceived abusive use of so-called “micro” captive insurance companies, the IRS recently issued Notice 2016-66 officially...more

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Captive Insurance Arrangements Taking Advantage of Section 831(b) Election May Be Required to Report to the IRS

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The Internal Revenue Service on November 1, 2016 issued Notice 2016-66 (the Notice) requiring information reporting with respect to certain insurance or reinsurance transactions (often referred to as micro-captive...more

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IRS Targets Captive Insurance Companies Owned by Closely-Held and Middle Market Companies

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In February 2015, the IRS added certain small or “micro” captive insurance companies to its “Dirty Dozen” list of abusive tax scams for the 2015 filing season. In response to what it sees as an abuse involving a...more

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