Federal Regulation
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SEC Lets Converting Mutual Avoid Securities Registration
By Staff WriterThe U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has cleared a hurdle facing a Midwestern mutual insurer that is trying to convert into a stock company controlled ...
October 18, 2006
IRS Updates Plan Contribution LimitsThe Internal Revenue Service has announced a $500 cost-of-living increase for the 401(k) plan deferral contribution limit.The maximum elective deferral for 401(k) plans, the federal ...
October 17, 2006
IRS Proposes Annuity Exchange RegsThe Internal Revenue Service wants to change the tax treatment of trades of property for annuities.The proposed regulations, "Exchanges of Property for an Annuity," apply ...
October 17, 2006
IRS Proposes Annuity Exchange RegsThe Internal Revenue Service wants to change the tax treatment of trades of property for annuities.The proposed regulations, "Exchanges of Property for an Annuity," apply ...
October 13, 2006
IRS Explains Rules For Unisex And Smoker TablesThe Internal Revenue Service is giving insurers more advice about how to use the 2001 Commissioners' Standard Ordinary mortality and morbidity tables.Ann Logan, an IRS ...
October 13, 2006
IRS Explains Rules For Unisex And Smoker TablesThe Internal Revenue Service is giving insurers more advice about how to use the 2001 Commissioners' Standard Ordinary mortality and morbidity tables.Ann Logan, an IRS ...
October 08, 2006
IRS Tinkers With New Roth 401(k) And Roth 403(b) OptionsThis is the first year that an individual participating in a 401(k) or 403(b) plan can also make Roth contributions to the same plan.Although the ...
October 06, 2006
Feds Give Employers More TimeThe Internal Revenue Service has pushed back the compliance date for the new Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code.Congress created the section when it ...