How a Qualified Assignment Protects Your Settlement Payments
Qualified assignments make injury settlements tax-free under IRC 130—but selling those payments can trigger a 40% tax most sellers never see coming.

Qualified assignments make injury settlements tax-free under IRC 130—but selling those payments can trigger a 40% tax most sellers never see coming.

Personal injury structured settlement talks involve five parties and one irreversible signature. Know who’s across the table before you negotiate.

Received a structured settlement offer? A CFA explains the tax-free rules and the one move to make before you sign.

Structured settlement payment schedule types differ by more than timing — at the May 2026 IRS rate of 5.00%, each carries a very different real value.

Structured settlement scams cost recipients $40,200 on a single deal when discount rates exceed the 2026 NSSTA fair-market threshold of 11.4%.