REG-127270-06: Damages Received on Account of Personal Physical Injuries or Physical Sickness

REG-127270-06 contains proposed regulations relating to the exclusion from gross income for amounts received on account of personal physical injuries or physical sickness.  The proposed regulations reflect amendments under the Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996.  The proposed regulations also delete the requirement that to qualify for exclusion from gross income, damages received from a legal suit, action, or settlement agreement must be based upon "tort or tort type rights." The proposed regulations affect taxpayers receiving damages on account of personal physical injuries or physical sickness and taxpayers paying these damages.

Posted by Lewis J. Saret, General Editor, Wealth Strategies Journal.