Federal Jury Trial Starts In Tax Penalty Row Over Purported Microcaptives

(April 3, 2024, 2:06 PM EDT) -- FORT MYERS, Fla. — A jury trial has begun in consolidated cases involving promotion of purported microcaptive insurance companies, with a Florida federal judge denying four motions in limine to exclude evidence, preclude use of the term “tax shelter” and use judicial estoppel to prevent the government from taking a certain position in this case....