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STARR INTERNATIONAL COMPANY, INC.

  1. January 31, 2018

    Swiss Insurer Wins $21M Tax Refund Suit Against IRS

    Swiss insurer Starr International Co. Inc. won a $21 million tax fight Wednesday when a District of Columbia federal court declined to extend the government's two-year statute of limitations to claim an erroneously issued tax refund. 

  2. January 09, 2018

    US Says Amici Not Helpful In Unique $21M Tax Refund Fight

    The U.S. government blasted a show of support for Swiss insurer Starr International Co. Inc. from a tax attorney and two tax law professors in a $21 million tax refund lawsuit, saying in a court filing on Monday that the practitioners aren't doing much to help resolve unique, threshold issues.

  3. August 15, 2017

    Starr Can't Claim Tax Break In $38M IRS Dispute, Judge Says

    A U.S.-Switzerland treaty does not entitle Starr International Co. Inc. to preferential tax treatment, whose denial allegedly cost the company $38 million, and the government properly read the Swiss insurer's move to that country as seeking tax benefits as a "principal purpose," a D.C. federal judge ruled Monday.

  4. June 07, 2017

    IRS Required To Give Tax Break In $38M Dispute, Starr Says

    Swiss insurer Starr International Co. Inc. urged a D.C. federal judge Wednesday to upend an IRS denial of preferential tax treatment under a bilateral deal between the U.S. and Switzerland, arguing American authorities had little wiggle room to justify the denial that allegedly cost it $38 million.

  5. June 05, 2017

    Starr Wants $21M IRS Counterclaim Tossed As Time-Barred

    Swiss insurer Starr International Co. Inc. on Sunday asked a D.C. federal judge to toss an IRS counterclaim in a spat over millions of dollars in tax refunds that Starr initiated over IRS denial of a treaty-based 50 percent tax rate reduction on 2007 dividends from its then-massive share of American Insurance Group Inc.

  6. April 19, 2017

    Starr Wants 'Quick Peek' Review Of Docs In $38M Tax Row

    Swiss insurer Starr International Co. Inc. is seeking "quick peek discovery" in multimillion-dollar tax litigation against the U.S. after the government attached an internal IRS email to a legal filing, telling a D.C. federal judge the U.S. Department of Justice shouldn't be allowed to "cherry pick" documents to support its defense.

  7. March 25, 2016

    Starr Drops $38M Tax Refund Claim In Revamped Suit

    Swiss insurer Starr International Co. Inc. on Thursday amended its September 2014 complaint seeking a $38.2 million federal tax refund in the U.S. after a D.C. federal court ruled last month that it could not grant monetary relief in the suit.

  8. December 01, 2015

    Starr Says $38M Tax Treaty Suit Reviewable By Court

    Swiss insurer Starr International Co. Inc. defended its suit for $38 million in tax refunds under a 1996 treaty between the U.S. and Switzerland, saying at a hearing Tuesday the court would not be meddling in diplomatic affairs were it to hear the case.

  9. October 27, 2015

    IRS Says Court Can't Force It To Give Swiss Co. $38M Refund

    The U.S. government told a D.C. federal judge Monday that he cannot force the IRS to grant a Swiss insurance company's requested $38 million tax refund, because doing so would violate a 1996 U.S.-Swiss treaty that requires prior consultation between the two nations.

  10. October 19, 2015

    Swiss Insurer Says IRS' Bid To Toss $38M Suit Is Repetitive

    A Swiss insurance company fighting for a $38 million tax refund from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service hit back Friday at a second attempt to dismiss its lawsuit, saying that the government is simply repeating arguments that the D.C. district court has already rejected.

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