Welfare Benefit Plans and 419 Plans Litigation - 412i, IRS Audit Experts for abusive insurance based plans deemed reportable or listed transactions by the IRS.
Welfare Benefit Plans and 419 Plans Litigation - 412i, IRS Audit Experts for abusive insurance based plans deemed reportable or listed transactions by the IRS.
Captive Insurance And The IRS
ReplyDeleteThe IRS continues to heavily scrutinize captive insurance arrangements. Certain captive insurance types have consistently appeared, including in 2019, on the IRS’s “Dirty Dozen” list of tax scams to avoid. Micro-captives in particular have been identified as potential vehicles for illegal tax shelters and the IRS is keen to crack down.
If the IRS believes that a captive insurance company is claiming deductions for non-insurance activities they will litigate. This includes going after captive insurance companies that are claiming unreasonable premium deductions. If the captive insurance company cannot show that they are distributing risk, selling insurance, shifting risk, or whether transactions involved insurance risk then that captive could be a target for the IRS.
Lance Wallach, National Society of Accountants Speaker of the Year and member of the AICPA faculty of teaching professionals, is a frequent speaker on retirement plans, abusive tax shelters, financial, international tax, and estate planning. He writes about 412(i), 419, Section79, FBAR, and captive insurance plans. He speaks at more than ten conventions annually, writes for over fifty publications, is quoted regularly in the press and has been featured on television and radio financial talk shows including NBC, National Pubic Radio’s All Things considered, and others. Lance has written numerous books including Protecting Clients from Fraud, incompetence and Scams published by John Wiley and Sons, Bisk Education’s CPA’s Guide to Life Insurance and Federal Estate and Gift Taxation, as well as the AICPA best-selling books, including Avoiding Circular 230 Malpractice Traps and Common Abusive Small Business Hot Spots. He does expert witness testimony and has never lost a case. Contact him at 516.938.5007, lawallach@aol.com or visit www.vebaplan.com.
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