Internal Revenue Service Files Appeal in the Validus Excise Tax Case
Following up on our earlier Insurance and Reinsurance Blog on this matter (the relevant post can be found here), the Internal Revenue Service today filed an appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit of the recent United States District Court decision in the Validus case (holding that the excise tax imposed on the foreign insurance/reinsurance of U.S. risks by Section 4371 of the Internal Revenue Code does not apply to retrocession policies).
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