Description: Update from the life insurance industry trade's perspective on tax policy and political issues

Description: Current tax issues affecting the insurance industry, including the Inflation Reduction Act (Budget Reconciliation Bill)'s tax provisions, including the corporate minimum book income tax and share repurchase (or stock buyback) excise tax; the tax treatment of non coordinated benefits (also known as fixed indemnity benefits); and an update on the OECD’s Base Erosion and Profit Shifting Project

Description: Update on federal tax legislative and regulatory developments relevant to life insurers and their products.

Description: This update column from ACLI the “General Explanations of the Administration’s Revenue Proposals for Fiscal Year 2022” (Green Book).

Description: Discussion of recent developments in the taxation of noncoordinated benefits such as fixed indemnity, hospital indemnity, and specified disease insurance policies. Developments include a recent Chief Counsel Advice Memorandum and proposed triagency rulemaking that would impact non coordinated benefits.

Description: Summary of Administration's FY 2023 Tax Proposals of Interest to Life Insurers

Description: Frist Quarter 2022 updates on tax issues involving: IRS publication of 7702 60-month avg. applicable federal interest rates, OECD Global Minimum Tax, final Foreign Tax Credit regulations issued by Treasury and IRS, Final Regulations on Tax Issues Associated with LIBOR Transition issued by Treasury and IRS, and the Multistate Tax Commission Partnership Project focusing on insurer investment partnerships.

Description: The American Council of Life Insurers provides an update on recent tax-related ACLI activity. Topics in this issue include (1) the NAIC's Principle-Based Reserves (PBR) Review Working Group and its exposed revisions to the Annual Statement Blanks; (2) ongoing communications with the Internal Revenue Service and Treasury to seek published guidance on PBR; (3) an update on tax reform activity in Congress; (4) the framework for change issued by the NAIC's Variable Annuities Issues (E) Working Group; and (5) the ERISA Advisory Council's development of model notices and disclosures for pension risk transfers.

Description: Changes to AG 43 and what that might mean for tax purposes. Also, summary of IRS Notice 2016-63 (provides safe harbor tax guidance on use of 2017 CSO tables).

Description: This update column from ACLI addresses the 2020 year-end spending and relief package with specific emphasis on its effect on the life insurance industry