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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
Updated Mortality Tables for
Determining Current Liability
Internal Revenue Service (IRS),
Treasury.
ACTION: Final regulations.
AGENCY:
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Business Electronic Filing; Correction
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SUMMARY: This document contains a
correction to final regulations (TD 9300)
that were published in the Federal
Register on Friday, December 8, 2006
(71 FR 71040) designed to eliminate
regulatory impediments to the
electronic filing of certain income tax
returns and other forms.
DATES: The correction is effective
December 8, 2006.
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Nathan Rosen, (202) 622–4910 (not a
toll-free number).
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Background
The final regulations that are the
subject of the correction are under
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1377, 1502, 1503, 6038B and 7701 of the
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SUMMARY: This document contains final
regulations providing mortality tables to
be used in determining current liability
for purposes of applying certain pension
funding requirements. These regulations
affect sponsors, administrators,
participants, and beneficiaries of certain
retirement plans.
DATES: Effective Date: These regulations
are effective February 2, 2007.
Applicability Date: These regulations
apply for plan years beginning on or
after January 1, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bruce Perlin or Linda Marshall at (202)
622–6090 (not a toll-free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Section 412 of the Internal Revenue
Code provides minimum funding
requirements with respect to certain
defined benefit pension plans.1 Title I of
the Pension Protection Act of 2006
(PPA), Pub. L. 109–280, 120 Stat. 780,
makes extensive changes to the rules of
section 412, generally applicable to plan
years beginning on or after January 1,
2008. Except as otherwise stated, all
references to section 412 in this
document refer to section 412 without
regard to the amendments made by Title
I of PPA.
Section 412(l) provides additional
funding requirements for certain
defined benefit pension plans, based in
part on a plan’s unfunded current
liability, as defined in section 412(l)(8).
Pursuant to section 412(c)(6), if the
otherwise applicable minimum funding
requirement exceeds the plan’s full
funding limitation (defined in section
1 Section 302 of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA) sets forth
funding rules that are parallel to those in section
412 of the Code. Under section 101 of
Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1978 (43 FR 47713)
and section 302 of ERISA, the Secretary of the
Treasury has interpretive jurisdiction over the
subject matter addressed in these regulations for
purposes of ERISA, as well as the Code. Thus, these
final Treasury regulations issued under section 412
of the Code apply as well for purposes of section
302 of ERISA.
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412(c)(7) as the excess of a specified
measure of plan liability over the plan
assets), then the minimum funding
requirement for the year is reduced by
that excess. Under section 412(c)(7)(E),
the full funding limitation cannot be
less than the excess of 90% of the plan’s
current liability (including the expected
increase in current liability due to
benefits accruing during the plan year)
over the value of the plan’s assets. For
this purpose, the term current liability
generally has the same meaning given
that term under section 412(l)(7).
Section 412(l)(7)(C)(ii) provides that,
for purposes of determining current
liability in plan years beginning on or
after January 1, 1995, the mortality table
used is the table prescribed by the
Secretary. Under section
412(l)(7)(C)(ii)(I), the initial mortality
table used in determining current
liability under section 412(l)(7) must be
based on the prevailing commissioners’
standard table (described in section
807(d)(5)(A)) used to determine reserves
for group annuity contracts issued on
January 1, 1993. For purposes of section
807(d)(5), Rev. Rul. 92–19 (1992–1 C.B.
227) specifies the prevailing
commissioners’ standard table used to
determine reserves for group annuity
contracts issued on January 1, 1993, as
the 1983 Group Annuity Mortality Table
(1983 GAM). Accordingly, Rev. Rul. 95–
28 (1995–1 C.B. 74) sets forth two
gender-specific mortality tables, based
on 1983 GAM, for purposes of
determining current liability for
participants and beneficiaries (other
than disabled participants).
Section 412(l)(7)(C)(iii)(I) specifies
that the Secretary is to establish
different mortality tables to be used to
determine current liability for
individuals who are entitled to benefits
under the plan on account of disability.
One such set of tables is to apply to
individuals whose disabilities occur in
plan years beginning before January 1,
1995, and a second set of tables for
individuals whose disabilities occur in
plan years beginning on or after such
date. Under section 412(l)(7)(C)(iii)(II),
the separate tables for disabilities that
occur in plan years beginning after
December 31, 1994, apply only with
respect to individuals who are disabled
within the meaning of title II of the
Social Security Act and the regulations
thereunder. Rev. Rul. 96–7 (1996–1 C.B.
59) sets forth the mortality tables
established under section
412(l)(7)(C)(iii).
Under section 412(l)(7)(C)(ii)(III), the
Secretary is required to periodically (at
least every 5 years) review any tables in
effect under that subsection and, to the
extent necessary, by regulation update
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the tables to reflect the actual
experience of pension plans and
projected trends in such experience.
Section 412(l)(7)(C)(ii)(II) provides that
the updated tables are to take into
account the results of available
independent studies of mortality of
individuals covered by pension plans.
Pursuant to section 412(l)(7)(C)(ii)(II),
any new mortality tables prescribed by
regulation can be effective no earlier
than the first plan year beginning after
December 31, 1999. Under section
412(l)(10), increases in current liability
arising from the adoption of such a new
mortality table are required to be
amortized over a 10-year period.
Notice 2003–62 (2003–2 C.B. 576) was
issued as part of the periodic review by
the IRS and the Treasury Department of
the mortality tables used in determining
current liability under section 412(l)(7).
At the time Notice 2003–62 was issued,
the IRS and the Treasury Department
were aware of two reviews of mortality
experience for retirement plan
participants undertaken by the
Retirement Plans Experience Committee
of the Society of Actuaries (the UP–94
Study and the RP–2000 Mortality Tables
Report),2 and commentators were
invited to submit any other independent
studies of pension plan mortality
experience. Notice 2003–62 also
requested the submission of studies
regarding projected trends in mortality
experience. With respect to projecting
mortality improvements, the IRS and
the Treasury Department requested
comments regarding the advantages and
disadvantages of reflecting these trends
on an ongoing basis through the use of
generational, modified generational, or
sequentially static mortality tables.
The IRS and the Treasury Department
have reviewed the mortality tables that
are used for purposes of determining
current liability for participants and
beneficiaries (other than disabled
participants). The existing mortality
table for determining current liability
(1983 GAM) was compared to
independent studies of mortality of
individuals covered by pension plans,
after reflecting projected trends for
mortality improvement through 2007.
The comparison indicated that the 1983
GAM is no longer appropriate for
determining current liability.
2 The
UP–94 Study, prepared by the UP–94 Task
Force of the Society of Actuaries, was published in
the Transactions of the Society of Actuaries, Vol.
XLVII (1995), p. 819. The RP–2000 Mortality Table
Report was released in July, 2000. Society of
Actuaries, RP–2000 Mortality Tables Report, at
https://www.soa.org/ccm/content/researchpublications/experience-studies-tools/the-rp-2000mortality-tables/.
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Based on this review of the 1983 GAM
compared to more recent mortality
experience, the IRS and the Treasury
Department have determined that
updated mortality tables based on the
RP–2000 Mortality Tables Report should
be used to determine current liability for
participants and beneficiaries (other
than disabled participants).3
On December 2, 2005, the IRS issued
proposed regulations under section
412(l)(7) (70 FR 72260) setting forth
mortality tables, proposed to be effective
for plan years beginning on or after
January 1, 2007, to be used for
nondisabled pension plan participants.
The proposed regulations would have
required plans of 500 or more
participants to use separate mortality
tables (derived from the RP–2000
mortality tables) for nonannuitant and
annuitant periods. These separate tables
were developed by projecting mortality
improvement from a base year of 2007
over the period of the approximate
expected duration of liabilities (7 years
for the annuitant tables and 15 years for
the nonannuitant tables). Small plans,
defined as those with fewer than 500
participants (including both active and
inactive participants), would have been
permitted to use a combined table that
applies the same mortality rates to both
annuitants and nonannuitants. The
proposed regulations provided for
updated tables to be issued annually
reflecting a new base year and using the
projection factors described in the
proposed regulations, to reflect expected
improvements in mortality. Two
comments on the proposed regulation
were received, and no public hearing
was requested or held.
On August 17, 2006, PPA was
enacted. PPA contains a comprehensive
revision of the minimum funding
requirements for single employer plans,
based on the calculation of a funding
target that replaces the current liability
calculation under section 412(l). These
minimum funding provisions of PPA are
generally effective for plan years
beginning after December 31, 2007.
Under section 430(h)(3)(A) as enacted in
PPA, the Secretary is directed to
prescribe by regulation the mortality
tables used in determining present value
or making any computation under the
funding rules. The specifications for
developing the mortality tables under
3 Because of the enactment of PPA, the IRS and
Treasury Department are not planning to complete
a review of the section 412(l)(7)(C)(iii) mortality
tables for disabled participants pursuant to section
412(l)(7)(C)(ii)(III). The IRS and Treasury
Department will review recent mortality experience
and expected trends for disabled participants to
determine what mortality tables should be used for
disabled participants under section 430(h)(3)(D) as
added by PPA.
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section 430(h)(3)(A) are the same as the
specifications set forth in section
412(l)(7)(C)(ii)(III).
Explanation of Provisions
These regulations set forth the
mortality tables to be used under section
412(l)(7)(C)(ii) to determine current
liability for participants and
beneficiaries (other than disabled
participants) for plan years beginning on
or after January 1, 2007. These mortality
tables are the same mortality tables that
were published for 2007 in the proposed
regulations, and are based on the tables
contained in the RP–2000 Mortality
Tables Report. The IRS and the Treasury
Department have reviewed the RP–2000
mortality tables and the accompanying
report published by the Society of
Actuaries, and have determined that the
RP–2000 mortality tables form the best
available basis for predicting mortality
of pension plan participants and
beneficiaries (other than disabled
participants) based on pension plan
experience and expected trends. As
under the mortality tables applicable for
earlier plan years, the mortality tables
set forth in these regulations are genderdistinct because of significant
differences between expected male
mortality and expected female
mortality.
Of the two comments received on the
proposed regulations, one commentator
stated that requiring separate annuitant
and nonannuitant mortality tables adds
complexity without increasing accuracy.
According to this commentator, the
complexity could be avoided without
loss of accuracy by using the RP–2000
blended table. This commentator
suggested that, if separate annuitant and
nonannuitant mortality tables are
required, they should not be required to
be used before 2008. The other
commentator agreed with the use of
separate annuitant and nonannuitant
tables.
In a change from the proposed
regulations, the IRS and the Treasury
Department have chosen to permit all
plans to use a blended table for 2007
rather than require the use of separate
annuitant and nonannuitant tables. This
decision was made because of the
sweeping changes made to the
minimum funding requirements for
single employer plans by PPA that will
generally become effective in 2008. The
IRS and the Treasury Department
believe that using separate annuitant
and nonannuitant tables results in a
more accurate measure of a plan’s
current liability. However, in view of
the sweeping PPA changes and the
resulting need to overhaul actuarial
valuation systems, it was determined
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that all plans (and not just small plans)
should be permitted to use the
combined mortality tables for the 2007
plan year.4 It is expected that proposed
regulations under section 430(h)(3)(A)
providing mortality tables for purposes
of determining present value under
section 430 will require large plans to
use separate annuitant and
nonannuitant tables to achieve a more
accurate measure of the present value of
plan benefits.
If the separate tables for annuitants
and nonannuitants are used, the
nonannuitant mortality table is applied
to determine the probability of survival
for a nonannuitant for the period before
the nonannuitant is projected to
commence receiving benefits. The
annuitant mortality table is applied to
determine the present value of benefits
for each annuitant, and for each
nonannuitant for the period after which
the nonannuitant is projected to
commence receiving benefits. For
purposes of this section, an annuitant
means a plan participant who has
commenced receiving benefits and a
nonannuitant means a plan participant
who has not yet commenced receiving
benefits (e.g., an active employee or a
terminated vested participant). Thus, for
example, with respect to a 45-year-old
active participant who is projected to
commence receiving an annuity at age
55, current liability would be
determined using the nonannuitant
mortality table for the period before the
participant attains age 55 (i.e., so that
the probability of an active male
participant living from age 45 to the age
of 55 for the table that applies in plan
years beginning in 2007 is 98.59%) and
the annuitant mortality table for the
period ages 55 and above. Similarly, if
a 45-year-old terminated vested
participant is projected to commence an
annuity at age 65, current liability
would be determined using the
nonannuitant mortality table for the
period before the participant attains age
65 and the annuitant mortality table for
ages 65 and above. A participant whose
benefit has partially commenced is
treated as an annuitant with respect to
the portion of the benefit which has
commenced and a nonannuitant with
respect to the balance of the benefit.
4For most single employer plans, these
regulations will be in effect only for the plan year
beginning in 2007 because changes to section 412
made by PPA will eliminate the need for single
employer plans to calculate current liability for
plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2008.
However, sections 104 through 106 of PPA provide
later effective dates for the PPA changes to section
412 with respect to certain plans, and therefore
those plans will continue to be required to
determine current liability for some plan years
beginning on or after January 1, 2008.
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As under the proposed regulations,
the annuitant and nonannuitant tables
were developed by applying projected
mortality improvements to the
annuitant and nonannuitant tables from
the RP–2000 Mortality Tables Report.
Mortality improvement was projected
forward from the base year of 2007 by
7 years for annuitants and 15 years for
nonannuitants, to approximate an
average expected duration of liabilities.
The projection factors used are from
Mortality Projection Scale AA, which
was also recommended for use in the
UP–94 Study and RP–2000 Mortality
Tables Report.
The blended table provided under
these regulations was constructed in the
same manner as under the proposed
regulations, by applying the
nonannuitant/annuitant weighting
factors published in the RP–2000
Mortality Tables Report. However,
because the RP–2000 Mortality Tables
Report does not provide weighting
factors before age 50 or after age 70, the
IRS and the Treasury Department have
extended the table of weighting factors
for ages 41 through 50 (ages 45–50 for
females) and for ages 70 through 79 in
order to develop the blended table.
For most plans, these regulations will
be in effect only for the 2007 plan year
because the minimum funding
requirements enacted in PPA will
replace the currently applicable
minimum funding requirements for plan
years beginning on or after January 1,
2008. For plans that remain subject to
the pre-PPA requirements of section 412
after the 2007 plan year (see sections
104 through 106 of PPA), these
regulations require that the mortality
tables that will be provided pursuant to
section 430(h)(3)(A) are to be used as
the mortality tables that apply for
determining current liability under
section 412 for those later plan years.
Applicability Date
These regulations apply to plan years
beginning on or after January 1, 2007.
Special Analyses
It has been determined that this
Treasury Decision is not a significant
regulatory action as defined in
Executive Order 12866. Therefore, a
regulatory assessment is not required. It
also has been determined that section
553(b) of the Administrative Procedure
Act (5 U.S.C. chapter 5) does not apply
to these regulations, and because the
regulation does not impose a collection
of information on small entities, the
Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C.
chapter 6) does not apply. Pursuant to
section 7805(f) of the Code, the notice
of proposed rulemaking preceding these
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regulations was submitted to the Small
Business Administration for comment
on its impact on small business.
Drafting Information
The principal authors of these
regulations are Bruce Perlin and Linda
S. F. Marshall, Office of Division
Counsel/Associate Chief Counsel (Tax
Exempt and Government Entities).
However, other personnel from the IRS
and Treasury Department participated
in the development of these regulations.
List of Subjects in 26 CFR Part 1
Income taxes, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements.
Adoption of Amendments to the
Regulations
Accordingly, 26 CFR part 1 is
amended as follows:
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PART 1—INCOME TAXES
Paragraph 1. The authority citation
for part 1 continues to read, in part, as
follows:
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Authority: 26 U.S.C. 7805 * * *
I Par. 2. Section 1.412(l)(7)–1 is added
to read as follows:
§ 1.412(l)(7)–1 Mortality tables used to
determine current liability.
(a) In general. The mortality tables set
forth in paragraph (d) of this section are
to be used in determining current
liability under section 412(l)(7) for
participants and beneficiaries (other
than disabled participants) for plan
years beginning in 2007. For plan years
beginning on or after January 1, 2008,
the mortality tables described in section
430(h)(3)(A) are to be used in
determining current liability under
section 412(l)(7) for participants and
beneficiaries (other than disabled
participants).
(b) Separate tables for annuitants and
nonannuitants. The separate tables for
annuitants and nonannuitants are used
unless the plan applies the optional
combined table pursuant to paragraph
(c) of this section. If these separate
tables are used, the nonannuitant
mortality table is applied to determine
the probability of survival for a
nonannuitant for the period before the
nonannuitant is projected to commence
receiving benefits. The annuitant
mortality table is applied to determine
the present value of benefits for each
annuitant, and for each nonannuitant
for the period after which the
nonannuitant is projected to commence
receiving benefits. For purposes of this
section, an annuitant means a plan
participant who has commenced
receiving benefits and a nonannuitant
means a plan participant who has not
yet commenced receiving benefits (e.g.,
an active employee or a terminated
vested participant). Thus, for example,
with respect to a 45-year-old active
participant who is projected to
commence receiving an annuity at age
55, current liability would be
determined using the nonannuitant
mortality table for the period before the
participant attains age 55 (i.e., so that
the probability of an active male
participant living from age 45 to the age
of 55 for the table that applies in plan
years beginning in 2007 is 98.59%) and
the annuitant mortality table for the
period ages 55 and above. Similarly, if
a 45-year-old terminated vested
participant is projected to commence an
annuity at age 65, current liability
would be determined using the
nonannuitant mortality table for the
period before the participant attains age
65 and the annuitant mortality table for
ages 65 and above. For purposes of this
section, a participant whose benefit has
partially commenced is treated as an
annuitant with respect to the portion of
the benefit which has commenced and
a nonannuitant with respect to the
balance of the benefit.
(c) Optional combined tables. As an
alternative to the separate tables
specified for annuitants and
nonannuitants as described in
paragraph (b) of this section, the
optional combined table, which applies
the same mortality rates to both
annuitants and nonannuitants, can be
used.
(d) Mortality tables for 2007. As set
forth in paragraph (a) of this section, the
following tables are to be used for
determining current liability for plan
years beginning during 2007 in
accordance with the rules of this
section.
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0.000408
0.000276
0.000229
0.000178
0.000163
0.000156
0.000150
0.000138
0.000134
0.000136
0.000140
0.000146
0.000154
0.000167
0.000176
0.000186
0.000197
0.000207
0.000217
0.000226
0.000239
0.000251
0.000267
0.000282
0.000301
0.000331
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Annuitant
table
0.000408
0.000276
0.000229
0.000178
0.000163
0.000156
0.000150
0.000138
0.000134
0.000136
0.000140
0.000146
0.000154
0.000167
0.000176
0.000186
0.000197
0.000207
0.000217
0.000226
0.000239
0.000251
0.000267
0.000282
0.000301
0.000331
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Female
Optional
combined
table
0.000408
0.000276
0.000229
0.000178
0.000163
0.000156
0.000150
0.000138
0.000134
0.000136
0.000140
0.000146
0.000154
0.000167
0.000176
0.000186
0.000197
0.000207
0.000217
0.000226
0.000239
0.000251
0.000267
0.000282
0.000301
0.000331
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Nonannuitant
table
0.000366
0.000239
0.000178
0.000133
0.000121
0.000113
0.000106
0.000094
0.000090
0.000090
0.000092
0.000095
0.000099
0.000109
0.000119
0.000127
0.000135
0.000138
0.000136
0.000134
0.000132
0.000133
0.000138
0.000144
0.000152
0.000164
02FER1
Annuitant
table
0.000366
0.000239
0.000178
0.000133
0.000121
0.000113
0.000106
0.000094
0.000090
0.000090
0.000092
0.000095
0.000099
0.000109
0.000119
0.000127
0.000135
0.000138
0.000136
0.000134
0.000132
0.000133
0.000138
0.000144
0.000152
0.000164
Optional
combined
table
0.000366
0.000239
0.000178
0.000133
0.000121
0.000113
0.000106
0.000094
0.000090
0.000090
0.000092
0.000095
0.000099
0.000109
0.000119
0.000127
0.000135
0.000138
0.000136
0.000134
0.000132
0.000133
0.000138
0.000144
0.000152
0.000164
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Age
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28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
Nonannuitant
table
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0.000352
0.000369
0.000398
0.000447
0.000503
0.000565
0.000629
0.000692
0.000753
0.000810
0.000844
0.000875
0.000904
0.000936
0.000974
0.001018
0.001071
0.001131
0.001185
0.001244
0.001304
0.001368
0.001434
0.001500
0.001570
0.001681
0.001803
0.001986
0.002217
0.002488
0.002803
0.003095
0.003421
0.003860
0.004244
0.004746
0.005154
0.005553
0.006073
0.006447
0.006650
0.006974
0.007115
0.008002
0.009777
0.012439
0.015988
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0.025749
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0.039059
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0.071926
0.080176
0.090433
0.100383
0.111295
0.125051
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0.155142
0.173400
0.188868
0.207683
0.224037
0.240367
0.260098
0.276058
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table
0.000342
0.000352
0.000369
0.000398
0.000447
0.000503
0.000565
0.000629
0.000692
0.000753
0.000810
0.000844
0.000875
0.000904
0.000963
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0.001258
0.001493
0.001788
0.002142
0.002554
0.003026
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0.004146
0.004226
0.004254
0.004312
0.004369
0.004514
0.004749
0.005069
0.005501
0.005972
0.006539
0.007284
0.008024
0.008989
0.009947
0.011015
0.012379
0.013705
0.014940
0.016504
0.017971
0.019884
0.022078
0.024592
0.027435
0.031057
0.034615
0.039054
0.044018
0.049617
0.055919
0.063476
0.071926
0.080176
0.090433
0.100383
0.111295
0.125051
0.140385
0.155142
0.173400
0.188868
0.207683
0.224037
0.240367
0.260098
0.276058
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combined
table
0.000342
0.000352
0.000369
0.000398
0.000447
0.000503
0.000565
0.000629
0.000692
0.000753
0.000810
0.000844
0.000875
0.000904
0.000936
0.000975
0.001021
0.001079
0.001146
0.001211
0.001286
0.001366
0.001457
0.001557
0.001636
0.001754
0.001932
0.002134
0.002508
0.003020
0.003464
0.003990
0.004529
0.005177
0.006030
0.006929
0.008099
0.009159
0.010377
0.011951
0.013349
0.014641
0.016231
0.017689
0.019606
0.021822
0.024371
0.027256
0.030919
0.034523
0.038999
0.043992
0.049610
0.055919
0.063476
0.071926
0.080176
0.090433
0.100383
0.111295
0.125051
0.140385
0.155142
0.173400
0.188868
0.207683
0.224037
0.240367
0.260098
0.276058
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Nonannuitant
table
0.000171
0.000180
0.000190
0.000212
0.000257
0.000293
0.000323
0.000349
0.000372
0.000394
0.000415
0.000439
0.000465
0.000506
0.000555
0.000611
0.000672
0.000738
0.000788
0.000839
0.000889
0.000962
0.001039
0.001149
0.001272
0.001442
0.001637
0.001861
0.002117
0.002414
0.002696
0.002947
0.003223
0.003521
0.003838
0.004170
0.004513
0.004862
0.005213
0.005559
0.005896
0.006220
0.006528
0.006818
0.007450
0.008714
0.010610
0.013139
0.016299
0.020092
0.024516
0.029573
0.035261
0.041582
0.046024
0.051021
0.056651
0.063006
0.071188
0.080522
0.091080
0.101448
0.114246
0.126258
0.138648
0.151126
0.165722
0.177747
0.189133
0.199703
02FER1
Annuitant
table
0.000171
0.000180
0.000190
0.000212
0.000257
0.000293
0.000323
0.000349
0.000372
0.000394
0.000415
0.000439
0.000465
0.000506
0.000555
0.000611
0.000672
0.000738
0.000791
0.000896
0.001054
0.001265
0.001528
0.001844
0.001962
0.002173
0.002445
0.002771
0.003155
0.003608
0.004088
0.004588
0.005156
0.005780
0.006450
0.007168
0.007932
0.008758
0.009662
0.010640
0.011690
0.012838
0.014126
0.015607
0.017078
0.018995
0.020819
0.023074
0.025117
0.027673
0.030911
0.034074
0.037618
0.041582
0.046024
0.051021
0.056651
0.063006
0.071188
0.080522
0.091080
0.101448
0.114246
0.126258
0.138648
0.151126
0.165722
0.177747
0.189133
0.199703
Optional
combined
table
0.000171
0.000180
0.000190
0.000212
0.000257
0.000293
0.000323
0.000349
0.000372
0.000394
0.000415
0.000439
0.000465
0.000506
0.000555
0.000611
0.000672
0.000738
0.000788
0.000840
0.000893
0.000972
0.001059
0.001184
0.001312
0.001496
0.001714
0.001969
0.002314
0.002755
0.003170
0.003583
0.004066
0.004640
0.005354
0.006148
0.007084
0.007996
0.009018
0.010192
0.011323
0.012522
0.013843
0.015309
0.016784
0.018716
0.020577
0.022872
0.024967
0.027570
0.030846
0.034043
0.037610
0.041582
0.046024
0.051021
0.056651
0.063006
0.071188
0.080522
0.091080
0.101448
0.114246
0.126258
0.138648
0.151126
0.165722
0.177747
0.189133
0.199703
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Age
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100 ...............................................................................................
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103 ...............................................................................................
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107 ...............................................................................................
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113 ...............................................................................................
114 ...............................................................................................
115 ...............................................................................................
116 ...............................................................................................
117 ...............................................................................................
118 ...............................................................................................
119 ...............................................................................................
120 ...............................................................................................
(e) Effective date. This section applies
for plan years beginning on or after
January 1, 2007.
Approved: January 26, 2007.
Linda M. Kroening,
Acting Deputy Commissioner for Services and
Enforcement.
Eric Solomon,
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury (Tax
Policy).
[FR Doc. E7–1703 Filed 2–1–07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4830–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
31 CFR Part 500
Foreign Assets Control Regulations
Office of Foreign Assets
Control, Treasury.
ACTION: Final rule.
ycherry on PROD1PC64 with RULES
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Office of Foreign Assets
Control of the U.S. Department of the
Treasury is amending the Foreign Assets
Control Regulations, 31 CFR part 500,
by revising paragraph (b)(5) of § 500.586
to prohibit U.S. persons from registering
vessels in the Democratic People’s
Republic of Korea (‘‘North Korea’’), or
from otherwise obtaining authorization
for a vessel to fly the North Korean flag.
This paragraph already prohibits U.S.
persons from owning, leasing, operating,
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combined
table
0.291564
0.310910
0.325614
0.339763
0.358628
0.371685
0.383040
0.392003
0.397886
0.400000
0.400000
0.400000
0.400000
0.400000
0.400000
0.400000
0.400000
0.400000
0.400000
0.400000
0.400000
0.400000
0.400000
1.000000
0.291564
0.310910
0.325614
0.339763
0.358628
0.371685
0.383040
0.392003
0.397886
0.400000
0.400000
0.400000
0.400000
0.400000
0.400000
0.400000
0.400000
0.400000
0.400000
0.400000
0.400000
0.400000
0.400000
1.000000
or insuring any North Korean-flagged
vessel.
DATES: Effective Date: February 2, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Assistant Director for Compliance
Outreach & Implementation, tel.: 202/
622–2490, Assistant Director for
Licensing, tel.: 202/622–2480, Assistant
Director for Policy, tel.: 202/622–4855,
or Chief Counsel, tel.: 202/622–2410,
Office of Foreign Assets Control,
Department of the Treasury,
Washington, DC 20220 (not toll free
numbers).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic and Facsimile Availability
This document and additional
information concerning the Office of
Foreign Assets Control (‘‘OFAC’’) are
available from OFAC’s Web site https://
www.treas.gov/ofac or via facsimile
through a 24-hour fax-on demand
service, tel.: (202) 622–0077.
Office of Foreign Assets Control
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0.291564
0.310910
0.325614
0.339763
0.358628
0.371685
0.383040
0.392003
0.397886
0.400000
0.400000
0.400000
0.400000
0.400000
0.400000
0.400000
0.400000
0.400000
0.400000
0.400000
0.400000
0.400000
0.400000
1.000000
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table
Female
Background
The Foreign Assets Control
Regulations (the ‘‘FACR’’), 31 CFR part
500, which are authorized under the
Trading with the Enemy Act, 50 U.S.C.
App. 1–44, imposed economic sanctions
against the Democratic People’s
Republic of Korea (‘‘North Korea’’)
beginning in 1950. Consistent with U.S.
foreign policy interests, the Office of
Foreign Assets Control (‘‘OFAC’’), on
June 19, 2000, amended the FACR to
add § 500.586, authorizing new
transactions in which North Korea or a
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table
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0.220832
0.228169
0.234164
0.244834
0.254498
0.266044
0.279055
0.293116
0.307811
0.322725
0.337441
0.351544
0.364617
0.376246
0.386015
0.393507
0.398308
0.400000
0.400000
0.400000
0.400000
0.400000
1.000000
0.212246
0.220832
0.228169
0.234164
0.244834
0.254498
0.266044
0.279055
0.293116
0.307811
0.322725
0.337441
0.351544
0.364617
0.376246
0.386015
0.393507
0.398308
0.400000
0.400000
0.400000
0.400000
0.400000
1.000000
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combined
table
0.212246
0.220832
0.228169
0.234164
0.244834
0.254498
0.266044
0.279055
0.293116
0.307811
0.322725
0.337441
0.351544
0.364617
0.376246
0.386015
0.393507
0.398308
0.400000
0.400000
0.400000
0.400000
0.400000
1.000000
North Korean national has a property
interest, subject to certain limitations set
forth in paragraph (b).
Effective May 8, 2006, OFAC further
amended the FACR by adding a new
limitation on the authorization provided
by § 500.586. This limitation,
§ 500.586(b)(5), prohibits U.S. persons
from owning, leasing, operating, or
insuring any vessel flagged by North
Korea. Based on information that OFAC
has received during its implementation
of § 500.586(b)(5) and other foreign
policy considerations, OFAC is
amending § 500.586(b)(5) to expand this
prohibition. Effective immediately, U.S.
persons are prohibited from registering
vessels in North Korea, or from
otherwise obtaining authorization for a
vessel to fly the North Korean flag.
In addition to the amendment relating
to North Korean vessels, OFAC is
making a technical amendment to the
note to § 500.586 to correct its
placement within the section and to
make minor revisions to its content.
Public Participation
Because the amendments of the FACR
involve a foreign affairs function, the
provisions of Executive Order 12866
and the Administrative Procedure Act (5
U.S.C. 553) requiring notice of proposed
rulemaking, opportunity for public
participation, and delay in effective date
are inapplicable. Because no notice of
proposed rulemaking is required for this
rule, the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5
U.S.C. 601–612) does not apply.
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[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 22 (Friday, February 2, 2007)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 4955-4960]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-1703]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
26 CFR Part 1
[TD 9310]
RIN 1545-BE72
Updated Mortality Tables for Determining Current Liability
AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury.
ACTION: Final regulations.
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SUMMARY: This document contains final regulations providing mortality
tables to be used in determining current liability for purposes of
applying certain pension funding requirements. These regulations affect
sponsors, administrators, participants, and beneficiaries of certain
retirement plans.
DATES: Effective Date: These regulations are effective February 2,
2007.
Applicability Date: These regulations apply for plan years
beginning on or after January 1, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bruce Perlin or Linda Marshall at
(202) 622-6090 (not a toll-free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code provides minimum funding
requirements with respect to certain defined benefit pension plans.\1\
Title I of the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (PPA), Pub. L. 109-280,
120 Stat. 780, makes extensive changes to the rules of section 412,
generally applicable to plan years beginning on or after January 1,
2008. Except as otherwise stated, all references to section 412 in this
document refer to section 412 without regard to the amendments made by
Title I of PPA.
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\1\ Section 302 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
of 1974, as amended (ERISA) sets forth funding rules that are
parallel to those in section 412 of the Code. Under section 101 of
Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1978 (43 FR 47713) and section 302 of
ERISA, the Secretary of the Treasury has interpretive jurisdiction
over the subject matter addressed in these regulations for purposes
of ERISA, as well as the Code. Thus, these final Treasury
regulations issued under section 412 of the Code apply as well for
purposes of section 302 of ERISA.
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Section 412(l) provides additional funding requirements for certain
defined benefit pension plans, based in part on a plan's unfunded
current liability, as defined in section 412(l)(8). Pursuant to section
412(c)(6), if the otherwise applicable minimum funding requirement
exceeds the plan's full funding limitation (defined in section
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412(c)(7) as the excess of a specified measure of plan liability over
the plan assets), then the minimum funding requirement for the year is
reduced by that excess. Under section 412(c)(7)(E), the full funding
limitation cannot be less than the excess of 90% of the plan's current
liability (including the expected increase in current liability due to
benefits accruing during the plan year) over the value of the plan's
assets. For this purpose, the term current liability generally has the
same meaning given that term under section 412(l)(7).
Section 412(l)(7)(C)(ii) provides that, for purposes of determining
current liability in plan years beginning on or after January 1, 1995,
the mortality table used is the table prescribed by the Secretary.
Under section 412(l)(7)(C)(ii)(I), the initial mortality table used in
determining current liability under section 412(l)(7) must be based on
the prevailing commissioners' standard table (described in section
807(d)(5)(A)) used to determine reserves for group annuity contracts
issued on January 1, 1993. For purposes of section 807(d)(5), Rev. Rul.
92-19 (1992-1 C.B. 227) specifies the prevailing commissioners'
standard table used to determine reserves for group annuity contracts
issued on January 1, 1993, as the 1983 Group Annuity Mortality Table
(1983 GAM). Accordingly, Rev. Rul. 95-28 (1995-1 C.B. 74) sets forth
two gender-specific mortality tables, based on 1983 GAM, for purposes
of determining current liability for participants and beneficiaries
(other than disabled participants).
Section 412(l)(7)(C)(iii)(I) specifies that the Secretary is to
establish different mortality tables to be used to determine current
liability for individuals who are entitled to benefits under the plan
on account of disability. One such set of tables is to apply to
individuals whose disabilities occur in plan years beginning before
January 1, 1995, and a second set of tables for individuals whose
disabilities occur in plan years beginning on or after such date. Under
section 412(l)(7)(C)(iii)(II), the separate tables for disabilities
that occur in plan years beginning after December 31, 1994, apply only
with respect to individuals who are disabled within the meaning of
title II of the Social Security Act and the regulations thereunder.
Rev. Rul. 96-7 (1996-1 C.B. 59) sets forth the mortality tables
established under section 412(l)(7)(C)(iii).
Under section 412(l)(7)(C)(ii)(III), the Secretary is required to
periodically (at least every 5 years) review any tables in effect under
that subsection and, to the extent necessary, by regulation update the
tables to reflect the actual experience of pension plans and projected
trends in such experience. Section 412(l)(7)(C)(ii)(II) provides that
the updated tables are to take into account the results of available
independent studies of mortality of individuals covered by pension
plans. Pursuant to section 412(l)(7)(C)(ii)(II), any new mortality
tables prescribed by regulation can be effective no earlier than the
first plan year beginning after December 31, 1999. Under section
412(l)(10), increases in current liability arising from the adoption of
such a new mortality table are required to be amortized over a 10-year
period.
Notice 2003-62 (2003-2 C.B. 576) was issued as part of the periodic
review by the IRS and the Treasury Department of the mortality tables
used in determining current liability under section 412(l)(7). At the
time Notice 2003-62 was issued, the IRS and the Treasury Department
were aware of two reviews of mortality experience for retirement plan
participants undertaken by the Retirement Plans Experience Committee of
the Society of Actuaries (the UP-94 Study and the RP-2000 Mortality
Tables Report),\2\ and commentators were invited to submit any other
independent studies of pension plan mortality experience. Notice 2003-
62 also requested the submission of studies regarding projected trends
in mortality experience. With respect to projecting mortality
improvements, the IRS and the Treasury Department requested comments
regarding the advantages and disadvantages of reflecting these trends
on an ongoing basis through the use of generational, modified
generational, or sequentially static mortality tables.
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\2\ The UP-94 Study, prepared by the UP-94 Task Force of the
Society of Actuaries, was published in the Transactions of the
Society of Actuaries, Vol. XLVII (1995), p. 819. The RP-2000
Mortality Table Report was released in July, 2000. Society of
Actuaries, RP-2000 Mortality Tables Report, at https://www.soa.org/ccm/content/research-publications/experience-studies-tools/the-rp-2000-mortality-tables/.
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The IRS and the Treasury Department have reviewed the mortality
tables that are used for purposes of determining current liability for
participants and beneficiaries (other than disabled participants). The
existing mortality table for determining current liability (1983 GAM)
was compared to independent studies of mortality of individuals covered
by pension plans, after reflecting projected trends for mortality
improvement through 2007. The comparison indicated that the 1983 GAM is
no longer appropriate for determining current liability.
Based on this review of the 1983 GAM compared to more recent
mortality experience, the IRS and the Treasury Department have
determined that updated mortality tables based on the RP-2000 Mortality
Tables Report should be used to determine current liability for
participants and beneficiaries (other than disabled participants).\3\
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\3\ Because of the enactment of PPA, the IRS and Treasury
Department are not planning to complete a review of the section
412(l)(7)(C)(iii) mortality tables for disabled participants
pursuant to section 412(l)(7)(C)(ii)(III). The IRS and Treasury
Department will review recent mortality experience and expected
trends for disabled participants to determine what mortality tables
should be used for disabled participants under section 430(h)(3)(D)
as added by PPA.
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On December 2, 2005, the IRS issued proposed regulations under
section 412(l)(7) (70 FR 72260) setting forth mortality tables,
proposed to be effective for plan years beginning on or after January
1, 2007, to be used for nondisabled pension plan participants. The
proposed regulations would have required plans of 500 or more
participants to use separate mortality tables (derived from the RP-2000
mortality tables) for nonannuitant and annuitant periods. These
separate tables were developed by projecting mortality improvement from
a base year of 2007 over the period of the approximate expected
duration of liabilities (7 years for the annuitant tables and 15 years
for the nonannuitant tables). Small plans, defined as those with fewer
than 500 participants (including both active and inactive
participants), would have been permitted to use a combined table that
applies the same mortality rates to both annuitants and nonannuitants.
The proposed regulations provided for updated tables to be issued
annually reflecting a new base year and using the projection factors
described in the proposed regulations, to reflect expected improvements
in mortality. Two comments on the proposed regulation were received,
and no public hearing was requested or held.
On August 17, 2006, PPA was enacted. PPA contains a comprehensive
revision of the minimum funding requirements for single employer plans,
based on the calculation of a funding target that replaces the current
liability calculation under section 412(l). These minimum funding
provisions of PPA are generally effective for plan years beginning
after December 31, 2007. Under section 430(h)(3)(A) as enacted in PPA,
the Secretary is directed to prescribe by regulation the mortality
tables used in determining present value or making any computation
under the funding rules. The specifications for developing the
mortality tables under
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section 430(h)(3)(A) are the same as the specifications set forth in
section 412(l)(7)(C)(ii)(III).
Explanation of Provisions
These regulations set forth the mortality tables to be used under
section 412(l)(7)(C)(ii) to determine current liability for
participants and beneficiaries (other than disabled participants) for
plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2007. These mortality
tables are the same mortality tables that were published for 2007 in
the proposed regulations, and are based on the tables contained in the
RP-2000 Mortality Tables Report. The IRS and the Treasury Department
have reviewed the RP-2000 mortality tables and the accompanying report
published by the Society of Actuaries, and have determined that the RP-
2000 mortality tables form the best available basis for predicting
mortality of pension plan participants and beneficiaries (other than
disabled participants) based on pension plan experience and expected
trends. As under the mortality tables applicable for earlier plan
years, the mortality tables set forth in these regulations are gender-
distinct because of significant differences between expected male
mortality and expected female mortality.
Of the two comments received on the proposed regulations, one
commentator stated that requiring separate annuitant and nonannuitant
mortality tables adds complexity without increasing accuracy. According
to this commentator, the complexity could be avoided without loss of
accuracy by using the RP-2000 blended table. This commentator suggested
that, if separate annuitant and nonannuitant mortality tables are
required, they should not be required to be used before 2008. The other
commentator agreed with the use of separate annuitant and nonannuitant
tables.
In a change from the proposed regulations, the IRS and the Treasury
Department have chosen to permit all plans to use a blended table for
2007 rather than require the use of separate annuitant and nonannuitant
tables. This decision was made because of the sweeping changes made to
the minimum funding requirements for single employer plans by PPA that
will generally become effective in 2008. The IRS and the Treasury
Department believe that using separate annuitant and nonannuitant
tables results in a more accurate measure of a plan's current
liability. However, in view of the sweeping PPA changes and the
resulting need to overhaul actuarial valuation systems, it was
determined that all plans (and not just small plans) should be
permitted to use the combined mortality tables for the 2007 plan
year.\4\ It is expected that proposed regulations under section
430(h)(3)(A) providing mortality tables for purposes of determining
present value under section 430 will require large plans to use
separate annuitant and nonannuitant tables to achieve a more accurate
measure of the present value of plan benefits.
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\4\For most single employer plans, these regulations will be in
effect only for the plan year beginning in 2007 because changes to
section 412 made by PPA will eliminate the need for single employer
plans to calculate current liability for plan years beginning on or
after January 1, 2008. However, sections 104 through 106 of PPA
provide later effective dates for the PPA changes to section 412
with respect to certain plans, and therefore those plans will
continue to be required to determine current liability for some plan
years beginning on or after January 1, 2008.
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If the separate tables for annuitants and nonannuitants are used,
the nonannuitant mortality table is applied to determine the
probability of survival for a nonannuitant for the period before the
nonannuitant is projected to commence receiving benefits. The annuitant
mortality table is applied to determine the present value of benefits
for each annuitant, and for each nonannuitant for the period after
which the nonannuitant is projected to commence receiving benefits. For
purposes of this section, an annuitant means a plan participant who has
commenced receiving benefits and a nonannuitant means a plan
participant who has not yet commenced receiving benefits (e.g., an
active employee or a terminated vested participant). Thus, for example,
with respect to a 45-year-old active participant who is projected to
commence receiving an annuity at age 55, current liability would be
determined using the nonannuitant mortality table for the period before
the participant attains age 55 (i.e., so that the probability of an
active male participant living from age 45 to the age of 55 for the
table that applies in plan years beginning in 2007 is 98.59%) and the
annuitant mortality table for the period ages 55 and above. Similarly,
if a 45-year-old terminated vested participant is projected to commence
an annuity at age 65, current liability would be determined using the
nonannuitant mortality table for the period before the participant
attains age 65 and the annuitant mortality table for ages 65 and above.
A participant whose benefit has partially commenced is treated as an
annuitant with respect to the portion of the benefit which has
commenced and a nonannuitant with respect to the balance of the
benefit.
As under the proposed regulations, the annuitant and nonannuitant
tables were developed by applying projected mortality improvements to
the annuitant and nonannuitant tables from the RP-2000 Mortality Tables
Report. Mortality improvement was projected forward from the base year
of 2007 by 7 years for annuitants and 15 years for nonannuitants, to
approximate an average expected duration of liabilities. The projection
factors used are from Mortality Projection Scale AA, which was also
recommended for use in the UP-94 Study and RP-2000 Mortality Tables
Report.
The blended table provided under these regulations was constructed
in the same manner as under the proposed regulations, by applying the
nonannuitant/annuitant weighting factors published in the RP-2000
Mortality Tables Report. However, because the RP-2000 Mortality Tables
Report does not provide weighting factors before age 50 or after age
70, the IRS and the Treasury Department have extended the table of
weighting factors for ages 41 through 50 (ages 45-50 for females) and
for ages 70 through 79 in order to develop the blended table.
For most plans, these regulations will be in effect only for the
2007 plan year because the minimum funding requirements enacted in PPA
will replace the currently applicable minimum funding requirements for
plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2008. For plans that remain
subject to the pre-PPA requirements of section 412 after the 2007 plan
year (see sections 104 through 106 of PPA), these regulations require
that the mortality tables that will be provided pursuant to section
430(h)(3)(A) are to be used as the mortality tables that apply for
determining current liability under section 412 for those later plan
years.
Applicability Date
These regulations apply to plan years beginning on or after January
1, 2007.
Special Analyses
It has been determined that this Treasury Decision is not a
significant regulatory action as defined in Executive Order 12866.
Therefore, a regulatory assessment is not required. It also has been
determined that section 553(b) of the Administrative Procedure Act (5
U.S.C. chapter 5) does not apply to these regulations, and because the
regulation does not impose a collection of information on small
entities, the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. chapter 6) does not
apply. Pursuant to section 7805(f) of the Code, the notice of proposed
rulemaking preceding these
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regulations was submitted to the Small Business Administration for
comment on its impact on small business.
Drafting Information
The principal authors of these regulations are Bruce Perlin and
Linda S. F. Marshall, Office of Division Counsel/Associate Chief
Counsel (Tax Exempt and Government Entities). However, other personnel
from the IRS and Treasury Department participated in the development of
these regulations.
List of Subjects in 26 CFR Part 1
Income taxes, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
Adoption of Amendments to the Regulations
0
Accordingly, 26 CFR part 1 is amended as follows:
PART 1--INCOME TAXES
0
Paragraph 1. The authority citation for part 1 continues to read, in
part, as follows:
Authority: 26 U.S.C. 7805 * * *
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Par. 2. Section 1.412(l)(7)-1 is added to read as follows:
Sec. 1.412(l)(7)-1 Mortality tables used to determine current
liability.
(a) In general. The mortality tables set forth in paragraph (d) of
this section are to be used in determining current liability under
section 412(l)(7) for participants and beneficiaries (other than
disabled participants) for plan years beginning in 2007. For plan years
beginning on or after January 1, 2008, the mortality tables described
in section 430(h)(3)(A) are to be used in determining current liability
under section 412(l)(7) for participants and beneficiaries (other than
disabled participants).
(b) Separate tables for annuitants and nonannuitants. The separate
tables for annuitants and nonannuitants are used unless the plan
applies the optional combined table pursuant to paragraph (c) of this
section. If these separate tables are used, the nonannuitant mortality
table is applied to determine the probability of survival for a
nonannuitant for the period before the nonannuitant is projected to
commence receiving benefits. The annuitant mortality table is applied
to determine the present value of benefits for each annuitant, and for
each nonannuitant for the period after which the nonannuitant is
projected to commence receiving benefits. For purposes of this section,
an annuitant means a plan participant who has commenced receiving
benefits and a nonannuitant means a plan participant who has not yet
commenced receiving benefits (e.g., an active employee or a terminated
vested participant). Thus, for example, with respect to a 45-year-old
active participant who is projected to commence receiving an annuity at
age 55, current liability would be determined using the nonannuitant
mortality table for the period before the participant attains age 55
(i.e., so that the probability of an active male participant living
from age 45 to the age of 55 for the table that applies in plan years
beginning in 2007 is 98.59%) and the annuitant mortality table for the
period ages 55 and above. Similarly, if a 45-year-old terminated vested
participant is projected to commence an annuity at age 65, current
liability would be determined using the nonannuitant mortality table
for the period before the participant attains age 65 and the annuitant
mortality table for ages 65 and above. For purposes of this section, a
participant whose benefit has partially commenced is treated as an
annuitant with respect to the portion of the benefit which has
commenced and a nonannuitant with respect to the balance of the
benefit.
(c) Optional combined tables. As an alternative to the separate
tables specified for annuitants and nonannuitants as described in
paragraph (b) of this section, the optional combined table, which
applies the same mortality rates to both annuitants and nonannuitants,
can be used.
(d) Mortality tables for 2007. As set forth in paragraph (a) of
this section, the following tables are to be used for determining
current liability for plan years beginning during 2007 in accordance
with the rules of this section.
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Male Female
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Age Non- Optional Non- Optional
annuitant Annuitant combined annuitant Annuitant combined
table table table table table table
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1....................................... 0.000408 0.000408 0.000408 0.000366 0.000366 0.000366
2....................................... 0.000276 0.000276 0.000276 0.000239 0.000239 0.000239
3....................................... 0.000229 0.000229 0.000229 0.000178 0.000178 0.000178
4....................................... 0.000178 0.000178 0.000178 0.000133 0.000133 0.000133
5....................................... 0.000163 0.000163 0.000163 0.000121 0.000121 0.000121
6....................................... 0.000156 0.000156 0.000156 0.000113 0.000113 0.000113
7....................................... 0.000150 0.000150 0.000150 0.000106 0.000106 0.000106
8....................................... 0.000138 0.000138 0.000138 0.000094 0.000094 0.000094
9....................................... 0.000134 0.000134 0.000134 0.000090 0.000090 0.000090
10...................................... 0.000136 0.000136 0.000136 0.000090 0.000090 0.000090
11...................................... 0.000140 0.000140 0.000140 0.000092 0.000092 0.000092
12...................................... 0.000146 0.000146 0.000146 0.000095 0.000095 0.000095
13...................................... 0.000154 0.000154 0.000154 0.000099 0.000099 0.000099
14...................................... 0.000167 0.000167 0.000167 0.000109 0.000109 0.000109
15...................................... 0.000176 0.000176 0.000176 0.000119 0.000119 0.000119
16...................................... 0.000186 0.000186 0.000186 0.000127 0.000127 0.000127
17...................................... 0.000197 0.000197 0.000197 0.000135 0.000135 0.000135
18...................................... 0.000207 0.000207 0.000207 0.000138 0.000138 0.000138
19...................................... 0.000217 0.000217 0.000217 0.000136 0.000136 0.000136
20...................................... 0.000226 0.000226 0.000226 0.000134 0.000134 0.000134
21...................................... 0.000239 0.000239 0.000239 0.000132 0.000132 0.000132
22...................................... 0.000251 0.000251 0.000251 0.000133 0.000133 0.000133
23...................................... 0.000267 0.000267 0.000267 0.000138 0.000138 0.000138
24...................................... 0.000282 0.000282 0.000282 0.000144 0.000144 0.000144
25...................................... 0.000301 0.000301 0.000301 0.000152 0.000152 0.000152
26...................................... 0.000331 0.000331 0.000331 0.000164 0.000164 0.000164
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27...................................... 0.000342 0.000342 0.000342 0.000171 0.000171 0.000171
28...................................... 0.000352 0.000352 0.000352 0.000180 0.000180 0.000180
29...................................... 0.000369 0.000369 0.000369 0.000190 0.000190 0.000190
30...................................... 0.000398 0.000398 0.000398 0.000212 0.000212 0.000212
31...................................... 0.000447 0.000447 0.000447 0.000257 0.000257 0.000257
32...................................... 0.000503 0.000503 0.000503 0.000293 0.000293 0.000293
33...................................... 0.000565 0.000565 0.000565 0.000323 0.000323 0.000323
34...................................... 0.000629 0.000629 0.000629 0.000349 0.000349 0.000349
35...................................... 0.000692 0.000692 0.000692 0.000372 0.000372 0.000372
36...................................... 0.000753 0.000753 0.000753 0.000394 0.000394 0.000394
37...................................... 0.000810 0.000810 0.000810 0.000415 0.000415 0.000415
38...................................... 0.000844 0.000844 0.000844 0.000439 0.000439 0.000439
39...................................... 0.000875 0.000875 0.000875 0.000465 0.000465 0.000465
40...................................... 0.000904 0.000904 0.000904 0.000506 0.000506 0.000506
41...................................... 0.000936 0.000963 0.000936 0.000555 0.000555 0.000555
42...................................... 0.000974 0.001081 0.000975 0.000611 0.000611 0.000611
43...................................... 0.001018 0.001258 0.001021 0.000672 0.000672 0.000672
44...................................... 0.001071 0.001493 0.001079 0.000738 0.000738 0.000738
45...................................... 0.001131 0.001788 0.001146 0.000788 0.000791 0.000788
46...................................... 0.001185 0.002142 0.001211 0.000839 0.000896 0.000840
47...................................... 0.001244 0.002554 0.001286 0.000889 0.001054 0.000893
48...................................... 0.001304 0.003026 0.001366 0.000962 0.001265 0.000972
49...................................... 0.001368 0.003557 0.001457 0.001039 0.001528 0.001059
50...................................... 0.001434 0.004146 0.001557 0.001149 0.001844 0.001184
51...................................... 0.001500 0.004226 0.001636 0.001272 0.001962 0.001312
52...................................... 0.001570 0.004254 0.001754 0.001442 0.002173 0.001496
53...................................... 0.001681 0.004312 0.001932 0.001637 0.002445 0.001714
54...................................... 0.001803 0.004369 0.002134 0.001861 0.002771 0.001969
55...................................... 0.001986 0.004514 0.002508 0.002117 0.003155 0.002314
56...................................... 0.002217 0.004749 0.003020 0.002414 0.003608 0.002755
57...................................... 0.002488 0.005069 0.003464 0.002696 0.004088 0.003170
58...................................... 0.002803 0.005501 0.003990 0.002947 0.004588 0.003583
59...................................... 0.003095 0.005972 0.004529 0.003223 0.005156 0.004066
60...................................... 0.003421 0.006539 0.005177 0.003521 0.005780 0.004640
61...................................... 0.003860 0.007284 0.006030 0.003838 0.006450 0.005354
62...................................... 0.004244 0.008024 0.006929 0.004170 0.007168 0.006148
63...................................... 0.004746 0.008989 0.008099 0.004513 0.007932 0.007084
64...................................... 0.005154 0.009947 0.009159 0.004862 0.008758 0.007996
65...................................... 0.005553 0.011015 0.010377 0.005213 0.009662 0.009018
66...................................... 0.006073 0.012379 0.011951 0.005559 0.010640 0.010192
67...................................... 0.006447 0.013705 0.013349 0.005896 0.011690 0.011323
68...................................... 0.006650 0.014940 0.014641 0.006220 0.012838 0.012522
69...................................... 0.006974 0.016504 0.016231 0.006528 0.014126 0.013843
70...................................... 0.007115 0.017971 0.017689 0.006818 0.015607 0.015309
71...................................... 0.008002 0.019884 0.019606 0.007450 0.017078 0.016784
72...................................... 0.009777 0.022078 0.021822 0.008714 0.018995 0.018716
73...................................... 0.012439 0.024592 0.024371 0.010610 0.020819 0.020577
74...................................... 0.015988 0.027435 0.027256 0.013139 0.023074 0.022872
75...................................... 0.020425 0.031057 0.030919 0.016299 0.025117 0.024967
76...................................... 0.025749 0.034615 0.034523 0.020092 0.027673 0.027570
77...................................... 0.031961 0.039054 0.038999 0.024516 0.030911 0.030846
78...................................... 0.039059 0.044018 0.043992 0.029573 0.034074 0.034043
79...................................... 0.047046 0.049617 0.049610 0.035261 0.037618 0.037610
80...................................... 0.055919 0.055919 0.055919 0.041582 0.041582 0.041582
81...................................... 0.063476 0.063476 0.063476 0.046024 0.046024 0.046024
82...................................... 0.071926 0.071926 0.071926 0.051021 0.051021 0.051021
83...................................... 0.080176 0.080176 0.080176 0.056651 0.056651 0.056651
84...................................... 0.090433 0.090433 0.090433 0.063006 0.063006 0.063006
85...................................... 0.100383 0.100383 0.100383 0.071188 0.071188 0.071188
86...................................... 0.111295 0.111295 0.111295 0.080522 0.080522 0.080522
87...................................... 0.125051 0.125051 0.125051 0.091080 0.091080 0.091080
88...................................... 0.140385 0.140385 0.140385 0.101448 0.101448 0.101448
89...................................... 0.155142 0.155142 0.155142 0.114246 0.114246 0.114246
90...................................... 0.173400 0.173400 0.173400 0.126258 0.126258 0.126258
91...................................... 0.188868 0.188868 0.188868 0.138648 0.138648 0.138648
92...................................... 0.207683 0.207683 0.207683 0.151126 0.151126 0.151126
93...................................... 0.224037 0.224037 0.224037 0.165722 0.165722 0.165722
94...................................... 0.240367 0.240367 0.240367 0.177747 0.177747 0.177747
95...................................... 0.260098 0.260098 0.260098 0.189133 0.189133 0.189133
96...................................... 0.276058 0.276058 0.276058 0.199703 0.199703 0.199703
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97...................................... 0.291564 0.291564 0.291564 0.212246 0.212246 0.212246
98...................................... 0.310910 0.310910 0.310910 0.220832 0.220832 0.220832
99...................................... 0.325614 0.325614 0.325614 0.228169 0.228169 0.228169
100..................................... 0.339763 0.339763 0.339763 0.234164 0.234164 0.234164
101..................................... 0.358628 0.358628 0.358628 0.244834 0.244834 0.244834
102..................................... 0.371685 0.371685 0.371685 0.254498 0.254498 0.254498
103..................................... 0.383040 0.383040 0.383040 0.266044 0.266044 0.266044
104..................................... 0.392003 0.392003 0.392003 0.279055 0.279055 0.279055
105..................................... 0.397886 0.397886 0.397886 0.293116 0.293116 0.293116
106..................................... 0.400000 0.400000 0.400000 0.307811 0.307811 0.307811
107..................................... 0.400000 0.400000 0.400000 0.322725 0.322725 0.322725
108..................................... 0.400000 0.400000 0.400000 0.337441 0.337441 0.337441
109..................................... 0.400000 0.400000 0.400000 0.351544 0.351544 0.351544
110..................................... 0.400000 0.400000 0.400000 0.364617 0.364617 0.364617
111..................................... 0.400000 0.400000 0.400000 0.376246 0.376246 0.376246
112..................................... 0.400000 0.400000 0.400000 0.386015 0.386015 0.386015
113..................................... 0.400000 0.400000 0.400000 0.393507 0.393507 0.393507
114..................................... 0.400000 0.400000 0.400000 0.398308 0.398308 0.398308
115..................................... 0.400000 0.400000 0.400000 0.400000 0.400000 0.400000
116..................................... 0.400000 0.400000 0.400000 0.400000 0.400000 0.400000
117..................................... 0.400000 0.400000 0.400000 0.400000 0.400000 0.400000
118..................................... 0.400000 0.400000 0.400000 0.400000 0.400000 0.400000
119..................................... 0.400000 0.400000 0.400000 0.400000 0.400000 0.400000
120..................................... 1.000000 1.000000 1.000000 1.000000 1.000000 1.000000
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(e) Effective date. This section applies for plan years beginning
on or after January 1, 2007.
Approved: January 26, 2007.
Linda M. Kroening,
Acting Deputy Commissioner for Services and Enforcement.
Eric Solomon,
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury (Tax Policy).
[FR Doc. E7-1703 Filed 2-1-07; 8:45 am]
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