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IRS Settlement Program Could Affect 412(i) Plans And Others
By Allison BellThe Internal Revenue Service is trying to get some users of 412(i) defined benefit pension plans and 20 other tax-cutting vehicles to come to ...
August 29, 2005
IRS Develops 5-Year Determination Letter ProgramThe Internal Revenue Service has developed a benefit plan review schedule that could affect the calendars of insurers, benefit plan advisors and employers for ...
August 29, 2005
IRS Tells HSA Sponsors How To Divvy FundsThe Internal Revenue Service wants to keep employers from using the new health savings account programs to favor some employees over others.[@@]The IRS has ...
August 24, 2005
IRS Fights Court Ruling Over ESOP DividendsThe Internal Revenue Service is fighting the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals over the deductibility of some dividends that employers pay to employee ...
August 17, 2005
IRS Develops 5-Year Determination Letter ProgramThe Internal Revenue Service has developed a benefit plan review schedule that could affect the calendars of insurers, benefit plan advisors and employers for ...
August 10, 2005
IRS Publishes Mutual Life Insurer Ta RateThe Internal Revenue Service has set the 2004 differential earnings tax rate for mutual life insurers at 0% and come up with a recomputed ...
July 28, 2005
IRS Rejects Profit-Sharing Health AccountsFederal officials are stopping efforts to put tax-exempt medical reimbursement accounts in 401(a) profit-sharing plans.[@@]Employers can put MRAs in 401(a) plans, but those employers ...
July 27, 2005
Feds Post New Estate Ta FormThe Internal Revenue Service has posted a draft of 2005 tax Form 706 on its Web site.[@@]Form 706 is the form that taxpayers and ...