Description: Recent guidance in the form of Rev. Proc. 2006- 13 provides a general safe harbor for the fair market value of a deferred-annuity contract when determining the amount includible in income on conversion of a traditional IRA to a Roth IRA.

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: This session discussion is about Federal Income Tax, policy issues, single premium products, inside buildup and corporate owned life insurance. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 15, No. 2.

Description: 1992 SOA Regional Meeting, Anaheim. This session addressed tax compliance, the tax consequences of life insurance contract failure, the correction of failed contracts, and a 1992 update on the proposed deferred acquisition cost tax regulations.

Description: This 2008 supplement addresses the issues that have arisen in life insurance tax laws related to IRC 7702 and 7702A since the book was published in 2004. It also enhances and clarifies issues that were addressed in the text, adding detail and further discussion.

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Description: Congress has acted in recent years to remove outdated provisions governing the federal income taxation of life insurance companies from the Internal Revenue Code. In particular, section 809 and section 815 were repealed and suspended, respectively, in 2004. This article chronicles the demise of these provisions and explains why Congress was right in removing them from the Code.

Description: This discussion looked at defining tax parity between mutual companies and stock companies as well as the consequences of failure to achieve tax parity.

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.