Not exact matches
Loans and partial withdrawals will decrease the
death benefit and cash value
of your
life insurance policy and may be
subject to
policy limitations and income tax.
For
life insurance policies that pay
death benefits in the form
of a lifetime payout, the portion
of the payout that is not
subject to tax if the
policy has no refund provision or stated time period guarantee which is determined by dividing the amount
of the
death benefit by the
life expectancy
of the beneficiary.
Typically, the
death benefit of a
life insurance policy is not
subject to income tax.
In the event the executive dies, the
life insurance policy death benefits are available to fund the plan and provide a lump sum
benefit to the executive's beneficiary
subject to the terms
of the agreement.
Furthermore, the gains associated with the
death benefit of a
life insurance policy is typically not
subject to ordinary income tax.
If your
policy was issued after 8/16/2006, the
life insurance death benefit on the
life of a company employee payable to
policy owner / employer can be
subjected to income taxes.
The
death benefit of any type
of life insurance policy, including variable
life, is not
subject to income taxes.
Purchasing a
life insurance policy with a
death benefit large enough to offset the amount
of capital gains and estate tax you expect your estate to be
subjected to, guarantees your beneficiaries will not be forced to sell your assets or be left with a fraction
of your estate.
Be advised that when you take a loan out against your
life insurance policy, the loan is
subject to a market value interest rate and it also can reduce the amount
of the
death benefit as well as the amount
of the cash value.
If the legal owner
of a large
life insurance policy passes and that person's gross estate value is greater that the current estate tax exemption, then the
death benefit from the
policy would likely be
subject to steep estate taxes.
If your estate is worth more than the exemption, the
death benefit from your
life insurance policy will be considered part
of your estate, and will be
subject to estate taxes.