Description: TAXING TIMES recently sat down with a group of retired tax actuaries to hear about how they got involved in actuarial tax matters and how their tax experience impacted their careers. Their insights will be useful for actuaries who are just starting out in the profession, as well as more seasoned actuaries.

Description: The article provides an introduction to tax accounting for U.S. life insurance companies, with a focus on NAIC statutory accounting concepts. The author discusses permanent and temporary differences, the current tax provision, and deferred tax accounting requirements, including admissibility testing under SSAP No. 101.

Description: Synopsis of Issue Brief prepared by Tax Work Group of the Academy-LTD Claim Reserve Assumption Basis: Use of date of incurral/date of issue of original policy.

Description: Synopsis of Issue Brief prepared by Tax Work Group of the Academy-LTD Claim Reserve Assumption Basis: Use of date of incurral/date of issue of original policy.

Description: Taxing Times -- Volume 11, Issue 2, June 2015

Description: Analysis of a private letter ruling addressing a section 807(f) change in basis for computing life insurance reserves.

Description: Interplay of §807(f) and the stat cap in §807(d) as there continues to be uncertainty as to whether a change to the stat reserve could be subject to §807(f).

Description: This article discusses the importance of refining projected tax cash flows when making actuarial projections. It addresses specifically operating loss deductions, net operating loss carrybacks and carryforwards, capital coss carrybacks and carryforwards, cost basis of invested assets, tax DAC, tax complications caused by reinsurance and deferred taxes.

Description: The article discusses the implications of life insurance company taxation as a result of the passage of the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 TEFRA. In the analysis, a new classification system was developed based on the amount of Special Deductions allowed under Section 809f of the Tax Code.

Description: Three tax-related articles of interest to those associated with smaller insurance companies.