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: The panel provided a basis for discussing the implications of the new tax code to life insurance and associated products, including annuities and accident and health insurance, but no discussion of the taxation of insurance companies.

Description: This presentation is a panel discussion, session 46PD, from the 2004 Spring Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held June 14-15 in San Antonio, TX. The panelists, industry and tax leaders, discuss recent, ongoing and potential issues, including initiatives affecting various products and markets, including corporate-owned life insurance [COLI] and business-owned life insurance [BOLI] issues, as well as some of the recent guidance that's been issued that affects Section 412[i] plans. Other topics are Internal Revenue Code Sections 7702 and 7702A, and the 2001 CSO Mortality Table. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 30, No. 2.

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: This article consists of the Legal Notes from the Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1956 Volume 8, Number 20. The author summarizes recent insurance-related legal decisions.

Description: 1992 SOA Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. This session reviewed IRS rulings, regulations and announcements pertaining to pensions which were issued in 1991-1992. Specific areas addressed included: 1. Distribution tables. 2. Non-discrimination regulations. 3. Determination of highly compensated employees. 4. Determination letter program. 5. Rollovers. 6. Distributions. 7. Cash balance plans. 8. New directions in the examination program.

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 discuss the status of rules and regulations on nondiscrimination for pension plans, including the relevant subsections of the Internal Revenue Code, ‘IRC,’ sections 401 and 410, and proposed regulations. In general, to be nondiscriminatory, a plan may not unduly favor highly compensated employees. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 17, No. 3A.

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.