Description: Discusses the meaning of statutory reserves with respect to a pending IRS ruling, in the case where different levels of statutory reserves are required in different states.

Description: The author discusses some common myths about Congress’ tax policy under the 1984 Act that he would like “to debunk.”

Description: Two relatively recent developments have heightened tax managers’ anxiety concerning the possible disclosure of tax accrual workpapers.

Description: A roundtable discussion of the new international accounting standards and the possible implications for all insurers.

Description: Comparison of statutory and tax accounting rules in treatment of non-performing assets.

Description: A discussion about foreign currency hedging, foreign insurance excise tax, taxation of credit default swaps and bad debts.

Description: The recent Tax Technical Corrections Act of 2007, Pub. L. 110-172, signed into law on Dec. 29, 2007, includes a provision that permits a taxpayer to select positions in a straddle and thereby avoid surprise applications of the straddle rules by the IRS on audit.

Description: High on the list of the most frequently asked questions by tax professionals working for life insurance companies is whether a change in reserving methodology or assumptions will be subject to the “10-year-spread” requirements of section 807f of the Internal Revenue Code. This article discusses possible answers.

Description: We frequently are asked what to do when a company has reported aggregate estimates of tax reserves on the tax return, instead of tax reserves computed precisely according to the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code, and the IRS has challenged the reserve deduction. Other sections of this article also cover IRS rulings on the treatment and valuation of an insurance company stock purchased as an asset acquisition and COLI life insurance.

Description: Discussions on: 1. tax deductability of surrender losses of life insurance contracts 2. the IRS questioning of the immediate drop in asset values for variable product valuations 3. the analysis of risk distribution in the context of reinsurance and 4. Life Company Net Operating Loss NOL Carryback.