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- Title
Taxing Nonrecourse Litigation Funding.
- Authors
Gamino, John
- Abstract
This article examines the implications of the growing phenomenon of Non-recourse litigation funding. The increasing acceptance and use of such funding raises elemental federal income tax issues of characterization and timing for funding providers and for plaintiffs accepting such funding in exchange for agreeing to share the cash proceeds of any settlement or judgment. Emphasizing the commercial (business-tobusiness) market for litigation funding as it has evolved, this article addresses the lack of guidance as to the implicit tax compliance issues by testing alternative guidance models that may apply by analogy. It concludes by identifying the single model that should apply and offers a pro forma revenue ruling as a starting point for the government's further consideration of the issues and early promulgation of administrative guidance.
- Subjects
TAXATION; THIRD party litigation funding; NONRECOURSE debt; ACTIONS &; defenses (Law); INCOME tax; PRO forma statements (Accounting)
- Publication
ATA Journal of Legal Tax Research, 2014, Vol 12, Issue 2, p85
- ISSN
1543-866X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2308/jltr-50939