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IRS names foreign captive insurance to 2022 ‘Dirty Dozen’ list
06 June 2022
Reporter Rebecca Delaney

The Internal Revenue Service has named foreign captive insurance to its annual ‘Dirty Dozen’ list of potentially abusive tax arrangements

IRS should not expand captive rule for RPII, comment letter says
26 April 2022
Reporter Rebecca Delaney

A threefold coalition of associations representing US property and casualty insurance companies has written a comment letter in response to the Internal Revenue Service’s proposed amendments to related party insurance income

GAO: IRS could improve its offshore insurance compliance investigations
25 April 2022
Reporter Rebecca Delaney

The IRS has scope to improve its reviews of offshore insurance audits and investigations, as well as how it records and analyses the quality reviews of such investigations, according to a study by the U.S. Government Accountability Office

US Treasury seeks comment request from captive insurers over TRIP
18 February 2022
Reporter Rebecca Delaney

The US Department of the Treasury has submitted a proposal to the Office of Management and Budget for a data and information collection from property and casualty insurers regarding the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program

IRS gears up for “abusive tax” audit caseload
24 January 2022
Reporter Rebecca Delaney

The Office of Chief Counsel of the Internal Revenue Service has revealed its plans to hire as many as 200 new attorneys as part of the agency’s contest with “abusive arrangements"

Micro captives reinstated on IRS ‘Dirty Dozen’ list for 2021
05 July 2021
Reporter Rebecca Delaney

Micro captives have returned to the Internal Revenue Service’s annual ‘Dirty Dozen’ list of tax scams and abusive arrangements

US Justice Department sues to block Aon’s acquisition of WTW
17 June 2021
Reporter Maria Ward-Brennan

The US Department of Justice has filed a civil antitrust lawsuit to block Aon’s proposed acquisition of Willis Towers Watson

Industry reacts to CIC Services Supreme Court win over IRS
19 May 2021
Reporter Maria Ward-Brennan

The US Supreme Court ruling in the CIC Services case against the IRS has been described by Ryan Work, vice president, government relations at SIIA, as “an important victory” for the captive insurance industry

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