Description: This discussion at the SOA 1968 Philadelphia and Los Angeles Regional Meetings focuses on federal income tax questions including recent rulings, company organization around tax work, the role of actuaries, and Canadian developments.

Description: Discusses reasons for recent extensive industry changes in premium rates and expected trends, merits of different types of federal income tax treatment in financial statements, and discussion of merits of proposed state regulations regarding classification and allocation of income and expenses.

Description: Section 818c of the Life Insurance Company Income Tax Act of 1959 provides, for companies holding other than net level premium reserves, a choice of two methods: exact revaluation or approximate revaluation to this basis. This paper discusses the impact of the choice on the level of a company's tax reserves. A discussion paper follows.

Description: This paper examines five problematic areas of the Life Insurance Company Income Tax Act of 1959 including the 10-for-1 rule, the deduction for investment income on qualified pension and profit-sharing plans, limitations on certain deductions, policyholder surplus account and shareholders surplus account. A discussion of the paper follows. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1976, Vol. 28.

Description: The paper sets forth a procedure, based on actual experience, for determining extra life insurance reserves for term insurance conversion rights for annual statement purposes. Followed by several submitted discussion papers.