"... addresses the definition of a life insurance or annuity contract for federal tax purposes. This Portfolio considers when a contract is treated as a life insurance contract for federal tax purposes, including when a contract is subject to the special rules applicable to a life insurance contract that also constitutes a modified endowment contract, or 'MEC'. This Portfolio also discusses various types of annuity contracts. In addition, this Portfolio addresses the diversification requirements and so-called "investor control" doctrine that apply to variable life insurance and annuity contracts, and discusses life insurance and annuity contract that provide long-term care coverage."
" ... considers the federal income tax rules applicable to life insurance and annuity contracts, addressing, for example, the exclusion from gross income of death benefit proceeds and the taxation of annuity payments; deductions related to ...
This work offers an analysis of the federal income tax issues involved in the use of life insurance in estate planning, ranging from the I.R.C. definition of life insurance contracts...
Life Insurance & Modified Endowments: Under Internal Revenue Code Sections 7702 and 7702A
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Revenue Provisions in President's Fiscal Year 1999 Budget: Hearing Before the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, One...