### Question
How is the "1984 fresh-start adjustment for policyholder dividends" defined?


### Answer
The term **1984 fresh-start adjustment for policyholder dividends** is defined in *26 U.S.C. § 808* as follows -

> the amounts held as of December 31, 1983, by the taxpayer as reserves for dividends to policyholders under section 811(b) (as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the Tax Reform Act of 1984) other than for dividends which accrued before January 1, 1984

#### Citation:
  - *26 U.S.C. § 808*
  - Heading: **Subtitle A-Income Taxes > CHAPTER 1-NORMAL TAXES AND SURTAXES > Subchapter L-Insurance Companies > PART I-LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES > Subpart C-Life Insurance Deductions**

