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By Allison BellRulings On HSAs, HRAsByThe Internal Revenue Service has come out with two rulings of interest to insurance agents and brokers with an interest in the ...
April 06, 2005
IRS Rules Against Efforts To Tinker With HRA DesignsEmployers and their benefits advisors may have to give up on some efforts to make certain kinds of personal health accounts a better deal ...
April 01, 2005
Feds Clarify Trust RulesNU Online News Service, April 1, 2005, 9:28 a.m. ESTThe Internal Revenue Service has published guidance that affects spousal election rights associated with charitable ...
March 16, 2005
IRS Completes Charitable Remainder Trust ChangeNU Online News Service, March 16, 2005, 4:35 p.m. ESTFederal officials have released regulations that could affect advisors in the wealth planning and estate ...
March 02, 2005
IRS Sets Out Worker Roth RulesFederal tax regulators have proposed regulations that could help workers avoid having to pay taxes on future retirement plan distributions.[@@]The proposed rule, "Designated Roth ...
February 28, 2005
IRS Narrows Variable Investment Options (Updated)Federal officials have completed regulations that could limit insurers' ability to wrap hedge funds and other "nonregistered" investments in annuity contracts and life insurance ...
February 23, 2005
IRS Limits Use Of Life Hedge Fund WrappersByFederal officials have completed regulations that could discourage wealth advisors from wrapping clients stakes in "alternative investments" such as hedge funds inside life insurance and ...
February 22, 2005
IRS Settlement Program Refers To AnnuitiesTax regulators want to block an arrangement that some executives have used to cut taxes related to stock options.[@@]The Internal Revenue Service has unveiled ...