Description: Read the June 2018 issue of The Financial Reporter published by the Financial Reporting Section of the SOA.

Description: The article describes changes to the computation of tax reserves as a result of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

Description: Read the June 2018 issue of Taxing Times published by the The Taxation Section. Newsletters provide practical information for the working actuary, articles on trends that impact sections and news about section activities.

Description: Read the September 2017 issue of The Financial Reporter published by the Financial Reporting Section.

Description: Read the February 2017 issue of Taxing Times published by the The Taxation Section. Newsletters provide practical information for the working actuary, articles on trends that impact sections and news about section activities.

Description: December 2015 issue of The Financial Reporter

Description: The author uses a reprint of an article from the very first edition of the “News from the Individual Life Insurance and Annuity Product Development Section” and assistance from the Taxation Section Council and Friends of that Council to decipher the changes between the life insurance tax environment back in the 1980s compared to today.

Description: The different broad purposes served by the material change concept under federal tax law are outlined. More specific material change and similar issues that are pertinent to particular Code provisions and guidance from the IRS that has addressed those issues are also addressed. In the final part of this article, authors comment on whether any overarching principles can be gleaned that can assist insurers and policy owners in making decisions about whether particular changes can safely be made, and thoughts are offered with respect to future potential IRS guidance that would be helpful as taxpayers navigate these often uncertain waters.

Description: For actuarial projections to serve as the management tools that they are intended to be, the persons charged with making those projections need to consider whether the projection is sufficiently sophisticated so that it does not miss major items.It is important to consider the tax effect. This article covers several of the major tax issues that should be considered in any actuarial projection.

Description: This article discusses the importance of refining projected tax cash flows when making actuarial projections. It addresses specifically operating loss deductions, net operating loss carrybacks and carryforwards, capital coss carrybacks and carryforwards, cost basis of invested assets, tax DAC, tax complications caused by reinsurance and deferred taxes.

Description: Author discusses the treatment of current life insurance reserves under the tax code in determining a life insurer's taxable income, and what challenges are ahead in the era of principles-based reserves.

Description: This article discusses the implications of a principle-based reserve PBR system with respect to federal income taxation of life insurance companies, particularly with respect to tax reserves and their deductibility for tax purposes. The article discusses potential problems with existing tax rules for reserve deduction, what courses of action the IRS could take, and suggestions for design features of a PBR approach that would make it more consistent with current tax rules. Life insurance product tax implications are also discussed.

Description: From a session at the 2001 Valuation Actuary Symposium, held in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, November 29-30, 2001 Presents questions to actuaries who are experts in the field of actuarial valuation of insurance company assets and liabilities.

Description: This paper develops an analytical method for evaluating the utility of tax-planning activities that cause initial statutory surplus strain and expands the horizon beyond normal pricing applications to the evaluation of other activities requiring the initial investment of statutory surplus.

Description: This discussion at the SOA 1990 San Francisco Spring Meeting covers alternative minimum tax including deferred acquisition costs, investment planning and new legislative proposals.

Description: This session from teh 1984 SOA Toronto Meeting discusses life insurance policy in Canada. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 10, No. 4B

Description: This session from the 1984 SOA Atlanta Meeting covers pending tax legislation with respect to life insurance companies, policyholder taxation and the current legislative outlook.

Description: This paper was written to demonstrate that universal life and indeterminate premium products are similar to participating plans. Followed by several discussion papers submitted.

Description: This session from the 1983 SOA Spring Meeting discusses federal income tax and life insurance including specific products - UL, Annuities and Modified Premium Whole Life, Stop Gap, and phantom dividends. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 9, No. 2.