Description: This session discussion is about what constitutes an adequately funded plan? It depends on your viewpoint. The session examines adequate funding from four different perspectives. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 14, No. 1.

Description: Panelists develop a framework for analyzing the diverse family of deferred recognition methods for assets under a pension plan. Using this framework, attendees learn how to assess the reasonableness of a method from both a client and a regulatory perspective – that qualify under IR Code Section 412[c][2][A] – including a case study of the evolution of smoothing methods used by a particular group of plan sponsors. From the 2002 Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 2. Session 76PD of the San Francisco Spring Meeting.

Description: Session from a 1992 meeting of the Society of Actuaries . Representatives of the IRS addressed current IRS regulation issues with respect to qualified pension plans, followed by a question and answer session with the audience.

Description: This presentation is a panel discussion from the 1991 Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held June 3-5 in Colorado Springs. The panelists, representatives from the Internal Revenue Service, ‘IRS,’ discuss their views on recent regulatory issues and pronouncements affecting pension plans, including proposed regulations and other guidance. Affected areas include nondiscrimination rules, benefits limits, and the change-in-cost method. There is a follow-up discussion in the session ‘Audience Dialogue with the IRS,’ held later in this meeting. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 17, No. 3A.

Description: 1993 SOA Spring Meeting, San Diego. This session is a review of recent regulations, rulings, proposals, court decisions and happenings affecting pension practicioners.