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September 13, 2004
IRS Approves Use of 2001 CSO TablesThe Internal Revenue Service has given official permission for taxpayers to use the 2001 Commissioners' Standard Ordinary mortality and morbidity tables.[@@]Taxpayers can use the ...
September 03, 2004
IRS Proposes Changes To GST Predeceased Parent RuleThe Internal Revenue Service has proposed a rule that could affect interpretation of the "predeceased parent rule."[@@]The proposed regulation would affect financial advisors who ...
July 28, 2004
IRS Answers 88 Questions About HSAsByEmployers can offer employee assistance programs and disease-management programs along with health savings account programs.Shoshanna Tanner, an official at the Internal Revenue Service, comes to ...
July 26, 2004
IRS Proposes Gift Tax Valuation Guideline RevisionThe Internal Revenue Service has proposed regulations that could change the way the IRS interprets gift tax special valuation rules.[@@]The IRS is proposing the ...
July 23, 2004
IRS Answers 88 Questions About HSAsEmployers can offer employee assistance programs and disease-management programs along with health savings account programs.[@@]Shoshanna Tanner, an official at the Internal Revenue Service, and ...
July 15, 2004
IRS May Change Treatment Of Foreign Insurers' Stock EarningsIRS May Change Treatment OfForeign Insurers Stock EarningsByThe Internal Revenue Service has proposed a regulation that could cut foreign insurers U.S. income taxes.The proposed regulation ...
July 13, 2004
IRS Ruling Affects Nonresident Alien Annuity IncomeThe Internal Revenue Service has published a ruling that could increase income taxes for some noncitizens who buy life insurance policies and annuities from ...
July 08, 2004
Key Pension Rate Falls SlightlyA new federal law is continuing to protect pension plan sponsors from low 30-year Treasury bond rates.[@@]The composite corporate bond rate that sponsors now ...
July 08, 2004
IRS Sets Structured Settlement Sales Tax RulesThe Internal Revenue Service has published a final version of regulations that discourage the sale of structured settlement annuities.[@@]The regulations impose a 40% excise ...
July 06, 2004
IRS Cuts Health Incentive Payment Red TapeThe Internal Revenue Service is cutting red tape for health insurers that want to make incentive payments to health care providers.[@@]A new guidance, Revenue ...