Structured Settlements 4Real®Blog 2026
Structured settlements expert John Darer reviews the latest structured settlements and settlement planning information and news, and provides expert opinion and highly regarded commentary. that is spicy, Informative, irreverent and effective for over 20 years.
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Category: Attorney Financial Planning
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A new study released May 18, 2009 by the LIFE Foundation and America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP). looks at the consequences facing individuals who become disabled and can't work, and the level to which various types of disability income protection can help to reduce the financial impact. The findings reveal that in the absence of…
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Structured attorney fees, properly designed, can save and defer taxes for the attorney or law firm. The savings can be significant due to deferring the taxation on the principal and on the accrued but unpaid interest. Neither the principal nor the interest earned on the principal are taxed as ordinary income until the year payments…
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IRS concluded that the program offered by a school was designed primarily to enable a child to compensate for and overcome a child’s diagnosed medical conditions and therefore it was a “special school” within the meaning of Reg. Section 1.213-1(e)(1)(v)(a)
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Proper planning must be undertaken in advance if intend to structure attorney fees. Delaying until the last minute may unnecessarily heighten the risk of not achieving the desired tax outcome
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Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) were created in 2003 so that individuals covered by high-deductible health plans could receive tax-preferred treatment of money saved for medical expenses. Generally, an adult who is covered by a high-deductible health plan (and has no other first-dollar coverage) may establish an HSA.
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It is possible to buy term life insurance up to age 85. Level premium terms of 5, 7,10,15 and 20 years are all available to those who are insurable.
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Read about taxable equivalent yield to see how taxes affect a structured settlement
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Edward Kennedy sued the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, alleging intentional infliction of emotional distress for trying to collect unpaid taxes. Kennedy claims he was a victim of identity theft and the IRS knew about it.
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Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) today introduced legislation which would make permanent many of the Estate tax cuts enacted in 2001. The bill would make permanent the estate tax levels ($3.5 million exemption/45% top rate) in effect in 2009; index the exemption for inflation; provide so-called "portability"; and would unify estate and gift…
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A new benefit rich voluntary long term disability insurance plan offered to members of the Society of Financial Service Professionals (SFSP) Disability insurance offers valuable protection