On April 12, 2021, the Tax Court issued its opinion in De Los Santos v. Commissioner, 156 T.C. No. 9. The underlying issue presented in De Los Santos v. Commissioner was whether the benefits (a split-dollar life insurance arrangement) received by the petitioners were received in their capacity as employees or shareholders, and, in turn, whether such economic benefits or taxable to the petitioner’s as ordinary compensation income or as a distribution under IRC § 301.