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IRS reveals new stricter second settlement offer for micro captives
23 October 2020
Reporter Becky Bellamy

The new time-limited settlement offers will be sent out by the IRS in the coming days with terms that are “stricter” than the first time-limited initiative that started in September last year

Industry reacts to IRS’ latest micro captive ‘scare tactics’
05 October 2020
Reporter Becky Bellamy

The IRS' statement "is a combination of past talking points that are meant to scare business owners utilising captives into exiting their captive structures, regardless of whether they are doing the right thing or not”, says Ryan Work of SIIA

IRS expands enforcement on micro captives as October filing deadline looms
02 October 2020
Reporter Becky Bellamy

The IRS said taxpayers should not assume it will able to settle any transactions with the IRS or chief counsel on terms more favourable than the previously announced settlement offers

Washington OIC launches study to reveal unpaid taxes by insurance
28 August 2020
Reporter Maria Ward-Brennan

Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has started a study to determine how many organisations in the state are not paying insurance premium tax as required under state law

IRS takes next step against ‘abusive’ micro-captives
03 February 2020
Reporter Maria Ward-Brennan

The Internal Revenue Service has revealed that 80 percent of taxpayers who received offer letters elected to accept the settlement terms

Washington OIC orders captives to stop insuring risk in the state
02 January 2020
Reporter Maria Ward-Brennan

Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has ordered unauthorised insurers Olympic Casualty Insurance and ASA Assurance to stop insuring risk in Washington state for their parent companies Starbucks and Alaska Air Group

Washington OIC issues cease and desist on Bahamas-based captive
27 November 2019
Reporter Maria Ward-Brennan

The Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner has issued a cease and desist against CCW Safe and 2A Insurance Company, effective of 22 November 2019.

IRS is ‘blurring the lines’ between good and bad
24 September 2019
Reporter Maria Ward-Brennan

The Internal Revenue Service has decided that it benefits from blurring the lines between good and bad rather than clarifying them, according to Sean King of CIC Services in reaction to the new IRS settlement scheme for micro captives.

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