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IRS Rejects Profit-Sharing Health Accounts
By Allison BellFederal 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 21, 2005
IRS To Federal Credit Unions: Stay Calm About 457 PlansRegulators are telling federal credit unions not to panic about the status of their 457 nonqualified deferred compensation plans.[@@]The Internal Revenue Service has released ...
July 06, 2005
Ta Officials Ask For Comments On LTC FormThe Internal Revenue Service is seeking comments from the public on Form 1099-LTC, the form that taxpayers use to report benefits from qualified long ...
May 18, 2005
Eperts At AALU Meeting Weigh New IRS RuleDesigns for non-qualified executive comp plans are being rethoughtWashingtonWith the full force of a new Internal Revenue Service regulation set to take effect on ...
May 17, 2005
IRS Posts Life And Annuity Reserve RatesThe Internal Revenue Service has published a document that lists interest rate assumptions life insurers can use when computing reserves.[@@]The document, Revenue Ruling 2005-29, ...
May 16, 2005
Federal Agencies Publish To-Do ListsThe Internal Revenue Service and many other federal agencies have updated their regulatory agenda.[@@]Many items on the agenda, which appear every 6 months, deal ...
May 16, 2005
IRS Rules On Reserve Fund Ta StatusA new federal tax ruling could help cut income taxes at group insurers that use premium stabilization reserves.[@@]The ruling applies to carriers that write ...
May 09, 2005
IRS Sets Procedure For Volume SubmittersFederal regulators have published guidance for financial services firms that administer large numbers of retirement plans.[@@]The Internal Revenue Service guidance, Announcement 2005-37, affects "volume ...