Description: The author uses a reprint of an article from the very first edition of the “News from the Individual Life Insurance and Annuity Product Development Section” and assistance from the Taxation Section Council and Friends of that Council to decipher the changes between the life insurance tax environment back in the 1980s compared to today.

Description: Update on industry action on legislative and tax regulatory items affecting the life insurance industry.

Description: These are the updated in the Taxation Section.

Description: Read the February 2017 issue of Taxing Times published by the The Taxation Section. Newsletters provide practical information for the working actuary, articles on trends that impact sections and news about section activities.

Description: Over the past few years, the Internal Revenue Service has issued two private letter rulings waiving the failure of certain fixed-premium universal life insurance FPUL contracts to satisfy the guideline premium test GPT under section 7702 of the Internal Revenue Code [see PLR 200328027 Apr. 10, 2003 and PLR 200230037 Apr. 30, 2002].

Description: This article summarizes the government guidance for protected cells in the insurance context and the ABA Recommendation, and comments on the Notice and ABA Recommendation in light of traditional notions of equity ownership for federal corporate income tax purposes.

Description: A discussion of new IRS rulings with respect to the taxation of life settlement transactions.

Description: Updated discussion of IRS Proposed Regulations under Section 162(m)(6), their potential impact upon the life insurance industry, and a 2 percent de minimis exception.

Description: Highlights of recent American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI) activities

Description: Highlights of recent activities of the Taxation Section