Description: Presented at June 1986 Spring Meeting. This session discussion is about the impact of the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act 'TEFRA', the Deficit Reduction Act 'DEFRA', and any new enacted or proposed revisions in the Internal Revenue Code on insurance company taxes, employee benefits and insurance products.

Description: This presentation of the panel discussion from the 1977 Record of the SOA Vol. 3 No. 4 examines pension valuation and assumptions particularly assumption setting for Social Security Benefits, assumptions and methods for smaller plans, early retirement assumptions and funding of supplementary benefits, gain/loss and valuation assumptions.