Life Insurance Advice
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Two kinds of risks exist for advisers giving advice to their clients about life insurance
Published on January 28, 2011
Crop Insurance Proceeds Appropriate Tax Planning Strategies
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The severe drought experienced by much of the United States this year, especially in agricultural regions, is expected to produce a record number of crop insurance claims
Published on November 30, 2012
The Health Insurance Credit for Small Employers
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Beginning in 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act provides a credit to small employers who contribute to the purchase of health insurance for their employees. This item explains and illustrates the computations
Published on October 05, 2010
Reporting Life Insurance Transactions by S Corporations
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There is room for disagreement, if not confusion, over how to report transactions involving life insurance on the tax returns of S corporations
Published on August 01, 2012
LB&I Instructs on Insurance Companies Partial Worthlessness Deductions Under Sec. 166(a)(2)
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The IRS issued an Industry Director Directive addressing partial worthlessness deductions under Sec. 166(a)(2) taken by insurance companies for eligible loans
Published on December 31, 2012
Property and Liability Insurance Entities
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A description of publications available on property and liability insurance entities
Published on June 18, 2013
Taxation of Long-Term Care Insurance
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Discussing LTC insurance should be a priority for all professional advisers in order to help protect the best interests of their clients and families as they enter the "golden years" of their...
Published on May 03, 2010
Life and Health Insurance Entities
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A description of publications available on life and health insurance entities
Published on June 18, 2013
Health Care Insurance Mandate Held Unconstitutional
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A federal district court has held that the health care reform legislation’s mandate that individuals obtain health insurance is unconstitutional. In so holding, however, the court severed that mandate from the rest of the health care reform legislation and refused to enjoin enforcement, pending appeal of the...
Published on February 01, 2011
Prop. Regs. Will Eliminate Federal Tax Benefit for Many Captive Insurance Companies
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Proposed regulations put intercompany insurance transactions between members of a consolidated group on the self-insurance method of accounting
Published on May 10, 2010
EGTRRA and JGTRRA Tax Rates Extended for Two Years in Lame Duck Session
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The Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 has provisions from four of the five tax areas that were considered to be important for Congress to address during its “lame...
Published on February 03, 2011
Death and Taxes Executors Beware
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The Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act revised tax law for estates of decedents dying in 2010, 2011, or 2012. The new rules apply for 2010 unless an executor elects to...
Published on June 16, 2011
Financing Premiums vs. Paying Cash
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With the estate tax looming around the corner there is a need to review your client’s estate planning. As of publication, on January 1, 2011 the top federal estate tax for estates over $1 million ($2 million per couple) will be 55 percent. Many advisors recommend that clients purchase life
Published on January 28, 2011
100% Bonus Depreciation and the Corporate Election to Increase the Minimum Tax Credit Limitation
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The Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 extends the 50% bonus depreciation deduction to qualifying property placed in service through 2012. Congress also provided a 100% bonus depreciation deduction...
Published on October 31, 2011
Medicare Participants Out-of-Pocket Healthcare Costs on the Rise
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For years, Medicare Supplement Insurance (Medigap) policies drew little attention from advisors. But three key events in 2010 should serve to focus CPA advisors’ attention on Medigap policies
Published on January 28, 2011