As stated by the House Ways and Means Committee, in proposing a change to the prior law, In National Presto Indus., Inc. v. Commissioner, 104 T.C. 559 (1995), and General Signal Corp. v. Commissioner, 103 T.C. 216 (1994), supplemented by 104 T.C. 248 (1995), this Court addressed other issues under subpt. D. The committee has concluded that the favorable tax treatment of employer contributions to welfare benefit plans, as compared with employer payments of wages and salary, is inappropriate in view of the favorable tax treatment already provided to employees, i.e., the exclusion of many of these benefits from adjusted gross income.
As stated by the House Ways and Means Committee, in proposing a change to the prior law, In National Presto Indus., Inc. v. Commissioner, 104 T.C. 559, 1995 WL 255900 (1995), and General Signal Corp. v. Commissioner, 103 T.C. 216, 1994 WL 450465 (1994), supplemented by 104 T.C. 248, 1995 WL 91537 (1995), this Court addressed other issues under subpart D. The committee has concluded that the favorable tax treatment of employer contributions to welfare benefit plans, as compared with employer payments of wages and salary, is inappropriate in view of the favorable tax treatment already provided to employees, i.e., the exclusion of many of these benefits from adjusted gross income.
We have previously held that the “funded” reserve in section 419A(c)(2) refers to an accumulation of assets and the funding of benefits. Natl. Presto Indus., Inc. v. Commissioner, 104 T.C. 559, 574, 1995 WL 255900 (1995). A “reserve funded over the working lives of the covered employees” “clearly evokes the gradual accumulation of funds measured with an eye toward complete funding at the time of retirement”.