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

Description: Update from ACLI on tax issues of interest

Description: Last March, Congress passed and the President signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act followed by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, which amended the former collectively, the “Act”. The article provides a brief background on the passage of the Act generally and the creation of the new Investment Income Tax in particular compares the existing provisions of the HI tax with the newly enacted provisions, and it then analyzes the import of the Investment Income Tax for annuities and, possibly, life insurance contracts. The article concludes with thoughts on the potential effect of the new tax on the annuity marketplace.

Description: Update on tax regulatory and legislative developments of relevance to life actuaries

Description: This article discusses new tax reporting requirements for transfers for value under section 6050Y. It also discusses changes to the transfer for value rule of section 101(a)(2) and (3), including the definition of a reportable policy sale.

Description: Read the June 2020 issue of Taxing Times published by the Taxation Section. Newsletters provide practical information for the working actuary, articles on trends that impact sections and news about section activities.

Description: A discussion of the Obama Administration’s fiscal year 2011 revenue proposals affecting life insurance companies and products.

Description: The article analyzes Private Letter Ruling 202031008, which considers how Internal Revenue Code sections 72(q) and (u) apply to an annuity contract issued to a trust. In particular, the Ruling interprets the terms “taxpayer,” “holder” and “held by” in those Code sections in situations where a non-qualified deferred annuity contract is issued to a grantor trust or a non-grantor trust. The Ruling’s analysis and conclusions differ in some respects depending on which of these types of trusts is involved. In addition, although the Ruling does not address sections 72(s) or 72(e)(4)(C), the Ruling has potential implications under those provisions because they also use the term “holder” and “holds,” respectively.

Description: A discussion of the many developments affecting taxation of life insurance companies and products.

Description: This article provides an overview of the Regs and highlights important open issues regarding determination of a U.S. shareholder’s GILTI amounts.