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IRS counsel faces tough questions from Supreme Court in CIC Services case
02 December 2020
Reporter Maria Ward-Brennan

The Counsel of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) faced tough questions at the oral arguments in front of the Supreme Court Justices in its case against CIC Services over Notice 2016-66.

US Treasury proposes rule changes to TRIP, including participation of captives
11 November 2020
Reporter Maria Ward-Brennan

The US Department of the Treasury has issued proposed rules to implement technical changes, including the participation of captives, to the TRIP required by the TRIPRA of 2019

IRS urges Supreme Court to affirm rejection of CIC Services case
10 September 2020
Reporter Maria Ward-Brennan

The IRS has urged the US Supreme Court to affirm the Sixth Circuit's rejection of CIC Services challenge to agency reporting requirements, stating that the lower court correctly found the suit is barred by the Anti-Injunction Act

Colorado Senator calls on IRS to halt review of micro captives
03 September 2020
Reporter Maria Ward-Brennan

The US Senator for Colorado Cory Gardner has called for the Internal Revenue Service, to suspend its review of tax benefits claimed by micro captives until resolution of the current litigation in the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Micro captives named as potential ‘abusive tax scheme’ in GAO report
01 September 2020
Reporter Maria Ward-Brennan

Offshore micro captive insurance products were listed as a potential “abusive tax scheme” in a study by the US Government Accountability Office

Captive organisations form coalition to file brief for IRS Supreme Court case
23 July 2020
Reporter Maria Ward-Brennan

Nearly two dozen national and state organisations in the US have filed a joint amicus brief before the US Supreme Court in the case of CIC Services LLC v. Internal Revenue Services

Industry reacts to micro captives removal from IRS ‘Dirty Dozen’ list
23 July 2020
Reporter Maria Ward-Brennan

Ryan Work of SIIA, Peter Kranz of Beecher Carlson and Alan Fine of Brown Smith Wallace react to the removal of micro captives from the IRS’ 2020 ‘Dirty Dozen’ list

Mintz hires two captive professionals for its insurance and reinsurance practice
20 July 2020
Reporter Maria Ward-Brennan

Mintz has added two new attorneys with captive insurance experience to its insurance and reinsurance practise, based in Washington DC

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