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Settlement money and damages collected from a lawsuit are considered income, which means the IRS will generally tax that money. However, personal injury settlements are an exception (most notably: car accident settlements and slip and fall settlements are nontaxable).

More In Forms and Instructions Use this form to report and pay the 40% excise tax imposed under Internal Revenue Code section 5891 on the factoring discount of a structured settlement factoring transaction.

Structured settlement payments do not count as income for tax purposes, even when the structured settlement earns interest over time.

The term ?structured settlement factoring transaction? means a transfer of structured settlement payment rights (including portions of structured settlement payments) made for consideration by means of sale, assignment, pledge, or other form of encumbrance or alienation for consideration.

Structured settlement annuities are not taxable ? they're completely tax-exempt. It's a common question that we are asked by personal injury attorneys, and in certain situations, the tax-exempt nature of structured settlement annuities results in significant tax savings to the client.

Form 870 and Form 870-AD are used in the settlement of non-docketed cases in Tax Appeals. The basic Form 870 is typically used where a mutual concession settlement is not involved, or if there is a mutual concession settlement, the amount of the settlement is not significant enough to use a Form 870-AD.

A major drawback of a structured settlement is that it may jeopardize the beneficiary's eligibility for public benefits, which may be particularly problematic when the person's medical needs are covered by Medicaid rather than private health insurance.