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  • IRS Applies Section 817(a) and (b) to a Nonlife Company: What Does It Mean?
    IRS Applies Section 817(a) and (b) to a Nonlife Company: What Does It Mean? This article ... company that issues life insurance products taxes;annuity reserves;life reserves 6442456188 5/1/2014 12:00:00 ...

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    • Authors: Mark Smith, Charles Miller
    • Date: May 2014
    • Competency: Professional Values>Practice expertise
    • Publication Name: Taxing Times
    • Topics: Annuities>Reserves - Annuities; Annuities>Variable annuities; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Tax accounting; Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance
  • Overview of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: Major Changes
    Insurers By James W. Kress, Surjya Mitra and Mark S. Smith On Dec. 22, 2017, President Trump signed into ... issued, reliance on prevailing interest rate and mortality tables, and application of a statutory reserves ...

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    • Authors: Surjya Mitra, Mark Smith, James Kress
    • Date: Jun 2018
    • Competency: Professional Values>Practice expertise
    • Publication Name: Taxing Times
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Tax accounting
  • Common Sense, Insurance in the Commonly Accepted Sense, and TAM 201149021
    for tax purposes. The article questions the TAM's analysis and argues that the accounting regime applied ... applied produced a distortion in the insurer's income. 4294990360 5/1/2012 12:00:00 AM ...

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    • Authors: Mark Smith, David A. Schenck, Surjya Mitra CPA
    • Date: May 2012
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills
    • Publication Name: Taxing Times
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Tax accounting; Public Policy
  • Accountant/Tax Attorney Dialogue on the History and Purpose of Internal Revenue Code Section 811(a)
    prescribed a tax method, interest rates and mortality tables, when applicable. But the committee reports ... prevailing interest rate, the prevailing mortality or morbidity table, as well as the elim- ination of any ...

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    • Authors: Richard N Bush, Arthur Schneider, Mark Smith, Peter Winslow
    • Date: Oct 2018
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance; Professional Values>Practice expertise
    • Publication Name: Taxing Times
    • Topics: Finance & Investments>Capital management - Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Risk measurement - Finance & Investments; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Financial Accounting Standards Board [FASB]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Statutory accounting; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Tax accounting
  • IRS Chief Counsel Advice Addresses Interest Rate Election for Life Insurance Reserves
    IRS Chief Counsel Advice Addresses Interest Rate Election for Life Insurance Reserves ... that were made and the impacts it has on a taxpayer's ability to make an election for determining the interest ...

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    • Authors: Brien Alvino, Mark Smith
    • Date: Feb 2020
    • Competency: Results-Oriented Solutions
    • Publication Name: Taxing Times
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Tax accounting; Life Insurance; Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance
  • Taxation Section Webcast: "Federal Income Tax Issues Every Company Must Consider under Life PBR"
    Taxation Section Webcast: "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 ...

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    • Authors: Peter Winslow, Mark Smith, Kristin R Norberg
    • Date: Oct 2016
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Taxing Times
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Tax accounting; Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance
  • Rev. Rul. 2014-15: The Requirement of Risk Distribution, the Law of Unintended Consequences, and New Questions to Consider in Funding Retiree Health Benefits
    The reinsurance contract with IC constitutes S1’s only business and requires payment of arms’-length ... B represents more than half (in fact, all) of S1’s business, S1 qualifies as an insurance com- pany under ...

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    • Authors: Mark Smith
    • Date: Oct 2014
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: Taxing Times
    • Topics: Economics>Health economics; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Tax accounting