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Close The Yield Exemption Loophole Created By Childs, Brant J. Hellwig, Gregg D. Polsky May 2009

Close The Yield Exemption Loophole Created By Childs, Brant J. Hellwig, Gregg D. Polsky

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The proposal would reverse the holding of Childs v. Commissioner, 103 T.C. 634 (1994), and clarify that a contractual payment obligation received by a service provider is subject to immediate taxation under section 83 if the obligor is a person other than the recipient of the service provider’s services. As a result, the proposal would ensure the appropriate taxation of investment income in structured payment arrangements.

The proposal is based on a more comprehensive article by the authors, forthcoming in volume 51 of the Boston College Law Review, titled ‘‘Taxing Structured Settlements,’’ a draft of which is available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=1403248. …