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IRS Proposes Annuity Exchange Regs
By Staff WriterThe 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 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 01, 2006
IRS Targets New 'Transactions Of Interest'The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department recently released final regulations on the disclosure of reportable transactions (i.e., potentially tax avoidance transactions), and included ...
October 01, 2006
IRS Targets New 'Transactions Of Interest'The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department recently released final regulations on the disclosure of reportable transactions (i.e., potentially tax avoidance transactions), and included ...
September 30, 2006
IRA rollover essentialsSee examples from the IRS. Learn the top 10 things every advisor should know about IRA rollovers. Click here to download the pdf.
August 16, 2006
IRS Limits Efforts To Pass On HRAsThe Internal Revenue Service has rejected an effort by employers to help health reimbursement arrangement holders who have no spouses or children.An employer that runs ...
July 28, 2006
IRS Exempts Union Workers From HSA Comparability TestingThe Internal Revenue Service has completed final regulations that explain how employers are supposed to try to make health savings account programs fair to employees.The ...