Description: This panel at the SOA 1982 Orlando Spring Meeting discusses tax parity for individual life insurance companies and products. The focus is on some of the very basic issues of taxation as the industry begins planning for a longer range solution to the issues posed by the current tax structure.

Description: This presentation is a panel discussion from the 1991 Annual Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held October 20-23 in Toronto. In this session dealing with life insurance company federal income tax, the panelists discuss the impact of the so-called deferred acquisition cost [DAC] or proxy DAC tax created by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act [OBRA] of 1990. Topics include stock versus mutual company reactions and response, the impact on mergers and acquisitions, reinsurance, and consolidation, product changes, small company problems and opportunities, new categories of specified insurance contracts, and the impact on Canadian companies. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 17, No. 4B.

Description: Presented at May 1985 Spring Meeting. This session discussed: Overview of tax changes for different types of life insurers, Product impact by type of product, Implementation issues - calculating tax reserves, Tax planning implications.

Description: Presented at April 1985 April Meeting. This session discussed: Annuities, Non-participating life products, Participating life products, Variable products

Description: Presented at April 1986 Spring Meeting. This session discussion is about the effect of recent changes in tax structures on employee benefits - their value to employees, limitations on deductibility by employers, taxability to employees, and the direction of likely future changes. Will the continued emphasis on additional revenue generation result in a shift in employer emphasis toward additional cash compensation versus employee benefits?

Description: In session 75 PD of the New York Annual Meeting panelists explore practical considerations of maintaining compliance with federal income tax definition of life insurance rules. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 3.

Description: Presented at April 1986 Spring Meeting. Addresses whether the newly imposed defined benefit pension guidelines are actuarially sound, is the IRS properly equipped to administer the guidelines, what are the professional implications of not complying with the guidelines and how have differences been resolved.

Description: Panelists discuss and debate existing tax laws and expected changes to tax laws relating to: taxation of mutual and stock life companies [Sec. 809], taxation of 'investment-oriented' products [Sec. 7702], and the federal government's continued need for 'revenue enhancement.' From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 3.

Description: In session 115SM of the Washington Annual Meeting the speaker discusses the impact of recent tax law changes on the insurance business, and the implications for actuaries. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 3.

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.