To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide special rules for purposes of determining if financial guaranty insurance companies are qualifying insurance corporations under the passive foreign investment company rules.
HR 3105 amends the tax code to clarify how financial guaranty insurance companies qualify as "qualifying insurance corporations" under passive foreign investment company (PFIC) rules. It allows these companies to include unearned premium reserves in their insurance liabilities if they meet specific exposure thresholds: at least a 15-to-1 ratio of financial guaranty exposure to total assets (or 9-to-1 for state/local bonds), and they report only reserves within single-risk limits. This bill directly affects financial guaranty insurance companies whose sole business is writing or reinsuring financial guaranty insurance. The change simplifies their tax classification under existing PFIC rules without altering broader tax policy.
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Introduced May 5, 2023
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Gwen Moore
DDemocratic
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Adrian Smith
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Mike Kelly
RRepublican
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Terri A. Sewell
DDemocratic
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