Subchapter L

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Subchapter L is the portion of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code that sets forth the federal income tax rules applicable to insurance companies.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf U.S. federal tax law provision
portion of the Internal Revenue Code
administeredBy Internal Revenue Service
appliesTo certain foreign insurance companies with U.S. business
companies engaged in the business of issuing insurance or annuity contracts
domestic insurance companies
insurance companies
citationContext Title 26 of the United States Code
codeType federal statute
country United States of America
doesNotCover state insurance premium taxes
state regulation of insurance solvency
governs income tax treatment of insurance companies
life insurance companies
mutual insurance companies
nonlife insurance companies
property and casualty insurance companies
stock insurance companies
hasLanguage English
interpretedBy U.S. federal courts
isFrameworkFor tax compliance of insurance companies
jurisdiction United States
legalDomain insurance taxation
tax law
legalSystem common law
partOf Internal Revenue Code
purpose to provide specialized income tax rules for insurance companies
to reflect unique accounting and reserving practices of insurance companies in tax law
regulates federal income taxation of insurance companies
relatedTo Subchapter C
Subchapter K
Subchapter N
scope federal income tax only
subjectMatter capital and surplus accounts of insurance companies
computation of taxable income of insurance companies
life insurance company reserves
loss reserves
policyholder dividends
reinsurance transactions
reserves of insurance companies
special deductions for insurance companies
treatment of premiums and losses
unearned premium reserves
taxType income tax
usedBy IRS examiners dealing with insurance companies
insurance company tax departments
tax practitioners

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Internal Revenue Code
contains

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