Directory:Structured Settlements

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Structured Settlements
SloganThe Structured Settlements Resource
Type [[Company_Type:=Private|Private]]
Founded [[Year_Started:=2007|2007]]
FounderGarrett Minks
Headquarters Template:Country data US [[City:=Houston|Houston]], [[State_Name:=Texas|Texas]], [[Country_Name:=United States|USA]]
Key people[[Key_Person1:=Garrett Minks|Garrett Minks]], CEO
IndustryStructured Settlements
RevenueGreen Arrow Up.svg US$4 hundred (2007)
Operating incomeStraight Line Steady.svg US$4 hundred (2007)
Net incomeStraight Line Steady.svg US$4 hundred (2007)
Employees1 (2007)
OwnerGarrett Minks
Contact Structured Settlements
22415 Water Edge Lane
Katy TX  US  77494
832.643.8266
[mailto:garrettminks@gmail.com Email]
Reference Year End: 12/31
NAICS:51611
Entity: [[Entity_Type:=Sole proprietor|Sole]]


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Definition

A Structure Settlement is a financial or insurance arrangement, including periodic payments, that a claimant accepts to resolve a personal injury tort claim or to compromise a statutory periodic payment obligation. Structured settlements were first utilized in Canada and the United States during the 1970s as an alternative to lump sum settlements. Structured settlements may include income tax and spendthrift requirements as well as benefits. Structured settlement payments are sometimes called “periodic payments”. A structured settlement incorporated into a trial judgment is called a “periodic payment judgment”.

The United States definition of “structured settlement” for Federal income taxation purposes, found in Internal Revenue Code Section 5891(c)(1), is an "arrangement" that meets the following requirements:

  • A structured settlement must be established by:
    • A suit or agreement for periodic payment of damages excludable from gross income under Internal Revenue Code Section 104(a)(2); or
    • An agreement for the periodic payment of compensation under any workers’ compensation law excludable under Internal Revenue Code Section 104(a)(1); and
  • The periodic payments must be of the character described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of Internal Revenue Code Section 130(c)(2) and must be payable by a person who:
    • Is a party to the suit or agreement or to a workers' compensation claim; or
    • By a person who has assumed the liability for such periodic payments under a Qualified Assignment in accordance with Internal Revenue Code Section 130.