Description: This article describes how there are many kinds of plans and arrangements under which qualified annuities are issued, and the rules governing them differ considerably.

Description: Read the June 2019 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: Update to initial article in Sept. 2007 issue, because of two new revenue rulings: Rev. Rul. 2007-54, 2007-38 I.R.B. 604 and Rev. Rul. 2007-61, 2007-42 I.R.B. 799.

Description: After nearly a decade of work by ACLI and representatives of its member companies, the Society of Actuaries SOA, the American Academy of Actuaries Academy, and the NAIC’s Life and Health Actuarial Task Force LHATF, on Sept. 24, 2008, the NAIC adopted a new actuarial guideline for applying the method of computing statutory reserves for variable annuity contracts AG VACARVM.

Description: A discussion of: IRS requirement disclosures of uncertain tax positions, disallowed interest reductions on earnings and profits, and tax standards for partial worthlessness deductions.

Description: A discussion of, first, the three-year transition period for adopting principle-based reserves and how it might not apply to tax reserves, and second, the tax impact of adding investment options to in-force contracts.

Description: The article provides guidlines for the proper way to correct several types of tax reserve errors.

Description: On June 10, 2016, the Taxation Section hosted a webcast entitled “Federal Income Tax Issues Every Company Must Consider under Life PBR.” Panelists Kristin R. Norberg, Mark S. Smith, and Peter H. Winslow led the audience through an exploration of the many potential tax issues and areas of interpretation that will arise once principle-based reserves (PBR) becomes the new statutory financial reporting regime for life insurance contracts. This brief article recaps the webcast and provides an update on continuing PBR adoption activity.

Description: A brief summary of these repealed provisions and associated transition rules follows.

Description: A discussion of topics in a series of roundtable education sessions on life insurance products and companies at the collaborative meeting of the ACLI and member companies.