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October 01, 2005
Tax Resources on the InternetFor many advisors, especially those who are not accountants by trade or education, the federal tax code with its constant updates and private letter rulings...
August 29, 2005
IRS Squares Off With Court 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 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 ...
July 26, 2005
Feds Post New Form 5500The Internal Revenue Service has posted advanced copies of the 2005 Form 5500, the tax form for employee benefit plans, on its Web site.[@@]The ...