Federal Regulation
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Discount Split-Dollar's Ability To Withstand IRS Scrutiny Debated
By Warren S. HerschIf you're looking for a hot new technique to pitch to your affluent clientele, here's one to consider: the intergenerational private split-dollar arrangement. If it ...
August 13, 2008
Court Backs Mutual Holders Who Get StockThe Internal Revenue Service was wrong to require a policyholder who received stock through an insurer demutualization to pay taxes on the proceeds when the ...
August 05, 2008
IRS Awards Plan Agent Tester ContractThe Internal Revenue Service has chosen a company created by the American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries and the National Institute of Pension Administrators ...
August 03, 2008
IRS Completes Annuity Conversion RegsThe Internal Revenue Service has published final regulations concerning moves to convert individual retirement account annuities into Roth IRAs.Like the proposed regulations, which were issued ...
August 03, 2008
6-Month Life Settlement Outlook: More Growth, More RegulationThe life settlement market will continue to expand and evolve in the second half of 2008.Since the business emerged in the early 1990s, life settlements ...
August 03, 2008
IRS Completes Annuity Conversion RegsThe Internal Revenue Service has published final regulations concerning moves to convert individual retirement account annuities into Roth IRAs.Like the proposed regulations, which were issued ...
August 03, 2008
6-Month Life Settlement Outlook: More Growth, More RegulationThe life settlement market will continue to expand and evolve in the second half of 2008.Since the business emerged in the early 1990s, life settlements ...
August 01, 2008
FINRA cracking down on use of ghostwritten materialAre you providing clients with published information about investing that you didn't actually write? Then watch out. FINRA has just released a regulatory notice warning member firms of their obligation to supervise representative use of