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PUBLIC LAW 99-000—MMMM. DD, 1986

100 STAT. 2860

PUBLIC LAW 99-514—OCT. 22, 1986 "(D) FUNDS TO WHICH PARAGRAPH APPLIES.—This paragraph shall apply only to a welfare benefit fund which, as of July 18, 1984, had assets set aside for purposes described in subsection (a)." (8)(A) CLARIFICATION OF FUND.—Subsection (e) of section 419 (defining welfare benefit funds) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: "(4) TREATMENT OF AMOUNTS HELD PURSUANT TO CERTAIN INSURANCE CONTRACTS.—

"(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding paragraph (3)(C), the term 'fund' shall not include amounts held by an insurance company pursuant to an insurance contract if— "(i) such contract is a life insurance contract described in section 264(a)(1), or "(ii) such contract is a qualified nonguaranteed contract. "(B) QUALIFIED NONGUARANTEED CONTRACT.—

"(i) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this paragraph, the term 'qualified nonguaranteed contract' means any insurance contract (including a reasonable premium stabilization reserve held thereunder) if— "(I) there is no guarantee of a renewal of such contract, and "(II) other than insurance protection, the only payments to which the employer or employees are entitled are experience rated refunds or policy divi^ S '"ScJ-^ dends which are not guaranteed and which are determined by factors other than the amount of welfare benefits paid to (or on behalf of) the employees of the employer or their beneficiaries. "(ii) LIMITATION.—In the case of any qualified nonguaranteed contract, subparagraph (A) shall not apply unless the amount of any experience rated refund or policy dividend payable to an employer with respect to a policy year is treated by the employer as received or accrued in the taxable year in which the policy year ends." (B) EFFECTIVE DATE OF REGULATIONS.—Except in the case of a reserve for post-retirement medical or life insurance benefits and any other arrangement between an insurance company and an employer under which the employer has a contractual right to a refund or dividend based solely on the experience of such employer, any account held for an employer by any person and defined as a fund in regulations issued pursuant to section 419(e)(3)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 shall be considered a "fund" no earlier than 6 months following the date such regulations are published in final form. (9) CLARIFICATION OF TAXES PAID BY EMPLOYER ON INCOME OF CERTAIN WELFARE BENEFIT FUNDS.—Subsection (g) of section

419A (relating to employer taxed on income of welfare benefit funds in certain cases) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: "(3) COORDINATION WITH SECTION 419.—If any amount is included in the gross income of an employer for any taxable year under paragraph (1) with respect to any welfare benefit fund— (A) the amount of the tax imposed by this chapter which is attributable to the amount so included shall be treated as