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GENERAL STRUCTURED SETTLEMENT INFORMATION
Why You Need Your Own Structured Settlement Broker
Structured Settlement Decision Making
Tax-Free Advantages of Structured Settlements
How Structured Settlements Work
Security of a Structured Settlement by the National Structured Settlements Trade Association (NSSTA)
Terry Savage on Structured Settlements
Federal Rights for Disabled People with Structured Settlements
NSSTA Article on Structured Settlement Protect Act
Structured Settlements and Plaintiff Attorney Responsibility
Non-Qualified Structured Settlements
Non-Qualified Structured Settlements Article
Structuring Attorney Fees by Robert R. Wood
Structured Settlement Annuities: Safe, secure and highly regulated
‘Tax Cuts’ Mean Plaintiffs Pay Tax on 100%, Even Lawyer Fees
LEGAL
Internal Revenue Code Section 104(a)
Tax-free status of personal physical injury cases.
Internal Revenue Code Section 130
The process and tax treatment of assigning the future payment obligation to a third party.
Internal Revenue Code Section 5891
Regulations on the process for transferring future structured settlement periodic payments to another party.
Internal Revenue Procedure 93-34
The allowability for individuals to structure their settlements from a qualified settlement fund (QSF) (468B).
Revenue Ruling 79-220
IRS ruling stating that as long as procedure under Section 104(a)(2) is followed, periodic payments are tax-free to the recipient.
Childs v. Commissioner
Deferral of the payment of attorney fees through a structured settlement are not taxable income until the year received. Childs v. C.I.R., 103 T.C. 634, U.S.Tax Ct.,1994, Nov. 14, 1994.
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