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: 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: This paper examined two interrelated aspects of federal income taxation of life insurance companies. First, a common-sense approach to the Life Insurance Company Income Tax Act of 1959 was developed. Second, marginal tax rates for Phase III companies was developed.

Description: This presentation is a panel discussion from the 1991 Annual Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held October 20-23 in Toronto. The panelists present the basics of nondiscrimination in pension plans, the provisions of the tax code designed to prevent benefits and contributions from being steered primarily to the higher paid participants in a plan. The panelists discuss the relevant sections of the Internal Revenue Code, including 401[a][4], 410[b], 401[I], 401[a][26], and the recently published regulations. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 17, No. 4B.

Description: 1992 SOA Regional Meeting, Chicago. This presentation provided a 1992 rulings and regulations update including: 1. Bankruptcy. 2. Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation update. 3. IRS Announcement 92-29, which extended the effective dates for the 401 a4 and related regulations. 4. IRS Announcement 92-81, which is is the data procedure announcement for 401a4 substantiation. 5. Revenue Procedure 92-42, which, repeals Revenue Procedure 89-45. 6. The Internal Revenue Service business plan.

Description: In this session, panel members speculate about changes to insurance company taxation, policyholder taxation and insurance product taxation in the 1980's. Both U.S. and Canadian viewpoints are shared.

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 October 1985 Annual Meeting. Discusses proposals for changing the tax law with respect to the taxation of personal income: The tax climate that led to these proposals, A description of the major proposals including the Treasury proposal pending in Congress, How these proposals will affect the design, marketing and sale of individual life and annuity products.

Description: Article from The Actuary, December 1971 – volume 5 - Issue 10 that talks about tax laws and regulations. In particular, this article discusses the formula, developed by Charles T. Kemmerer, for calculating the remainder interest in a charitable remainder unitrust which falls on the death of the survivor of two or more persons.