FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, May 31, 2023
Court Permanently Bars Five Defendants From Promoting Charitable Remainder Annuity Trust Tax Scheme
Court Also Orders Multiple Parties to Disgorge $1.5 Million in Alleged Ill-Gotten Gains
On May 23, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri permanently barred Rhonda Eickhoff from organizing, promoting, selling or marketing a tax scheme involving the use of charitable remainder annuity trusts (CRATs).
On May 17, the court likewise permanently barred John Eickhoff Jr. and Hoffman Associates LLC from organizing, promoting, selling or marketing a tax scheme involving the use of CRATs. In addition, the court ordered Hoffman Associates LLC, the company allegedly used to promote the scheme, to disgorge $1.1 million and John Eickhoff Jr. to disgorge $400,000. The court previously entered injunctions against defendants John William Gray II and Damon Thomas Eisma stemming from their roles in this scheme. Each defendant agreed..