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: Settlement Tax Issues
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The Periodic Payment Settlement of 1982, a public law that allows defendants to assign their obligations (via a “qualified assignment”) to make future periodic payments to a third party without retaining a future obligation to the injured party has benefits to all sides. Read more.
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Tthere was NO dispute about the amounts K-Mart should pay to states and the federal government; that there was NO controversy concerning the releases K-Mart would receive in exchange for payments and that there was NO dispute about the amount of (relator) Ireland’s share or his attorney’s fees.”
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If Harvey Weinstein, accused by numerous women of sexual harassment (and in a few cases, assault, ends up negotiating settlements with his accusers, many settlements will be taxable. After paying legal fees and federal and state income taxes, it could leave a third or less to the victim depending on their attorney’s contingency fee agreement.
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Can retired New York State lawyers who have structured attorney fees take an exclusion, on that income, of up to $20,000 intended for retirees on their structured attorney fee income?
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Compensation for pain and suffering resulting from the consensual performance of a service contract is not “damages” under I.R.C. section 104(a)(2) and must be included in gross income
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The favorable tax treatment of indexed linked structure settlement payments, was affirmed by the IRS in Private Letter Ruling 201435006, published on August 29, 2014.
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Do you have to pay any taxes if you sell all or a portion of your structured settlement payments in exchange for a lump sum of “cash now”? Read about it here.
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Same sex couples can now file jointly. if lawfully married under state law. At least one company that issues structured settlement annuities, Berkshire Hathaway Life Insurance Company of Nebraska and First Berkshire Hathaway Life Insurance Company, which operates in New York, has indicated that they will issue joint life annuities to same sex couples that…