Description: A discussion of the many developments affecting taxation of life insurance companies and products.

Description: Discusses the IASB insurance contract project and the major components of the new accounting standard, including the guidance it provides regarding how to define the term “insurance contract.”

Description: Discusses of the application of disproportionate asset acquisition rules under the life/nonlife regulations. How the amount of premiums or reserves should be measured is also discussed in detail.

Description: The United States district court for the Southern District of Ohio recently issued its opinion in American Financial Group and Consolidated Subsidiaries v. United States. The issue in the case as framed by the Internal Revenue Service IRS was whether Actuarial Guideline XXXIII AG 33 applies retroactively or prospectively to the calculation of reserves for deferred annuity contracts. This article is a discussion of this opinion.

Description: SSAP 10R supersedes Statement of Statutory Accounting Principles No. 10, Income Taxes “SSAP 10” and the new provisions set forth in this accounting principle are effective for year-end 2009 statutory financial statements. If elected, they provide, where appropriate, the ability to admit additional DTAs by increasing the projected realization period from one to three years along with increasing the statutory surplus limitation from 10 percent to 15 percent, provided the entity exceeds certain risk based capital “RBC” thresholds. SSAP 10R also makes explicit and gives definition to the implicit valuation allowance of SSAP 10, and increases transparency through its expanded disclosure requirements for all entities regardless of whether electing the expanded recognition provisions.

Description: Discusses five subjects, including proposed IASB discussion paper, split-dollar life insurance, penalties for paid tax preparers, statutory reserves for insurers, and NAIC securitization initiatives.

Description: Discusses the section 6694 tax return preparer penalty regime and examines how it might potentially apply to other professionals, such as actuaries, who assist those traditionally considered to be tax professionals.

Description: A look back on the 25th anniversary of the 1984 Tax Act DEFRA and newly proposed regulations and legislation to raise tax revenue.

Description: This article is a discussion about automatic waivers and the corresponding procedures under IRC sections 7702 and 101f.

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.