Not exact matches
With
limited pay policies, particularly those that are funded using paid up additions, it is important to keep an eye on the MEC level where your policy changes from life insurance to a modified
endowment contract.
For those with a lot of extra cash to invest each year there is a
limit to the amount you can pay into the policy (typically a percentage of the total policy value), this
limit is known as the MEC (modified
endowment contract)
limit.
This allows the policy to be maximized right up to the
limit before it becomes a modified
endowment contract (MEC).
If you exceed the
limit your policy will be considered a modified
endowment contract.
The guidelines were established to set
limits on the amount of excess premiums a policyholder could contribute to a policy for benefiting from the tax - advantaged status of proceeds from life insurance and avoid a modified
endowment contract (MEC).
Instead, there is a
limit to how much cash you can put into your policy at a given time so as to avoid creating a modified
endowment contract or MEC.
However, if the funding of the certificate exceeds certain
limits, it will become a «modified
endowment contract» (MEC) and become subject to «earnings first» taxation on withdrawals and loans.
The «banking» policy's cash account is over funded up to the
limits allowed without becoming a modified
endowment contract through the use of a paid up additions.
Avoid Modified
Endowment Status: If the subsequent premiums paid into the new policy, other than the exchange proceeds, are within the new 7 - pay
limit, then a 1035 Exchange of a life insurance policy allows the policy owner to place the original
contract's entire value in the new policy without creating a modified
endowment contract, or MEC.
If the premium paid were to exceed the seven pay
limit, without an increasing death benefit, the policy could become a modified
endowment contract.
However, if the funding of the certificate exceeds certain
limits, it will become a «modified
endowment contract» (MEC) and become subject to «earnings first» taxation on withdrawals and loans.
In general, if the funding of a certificate exceeds certain
limits, it will become a «modified
endowment contract» (MEC) and become subject to «earnings first» taxation on withdrawals and loans.
A modified
endowment contract (MEC) is a tax qualification of a life insurance policy whose cumulative premiums exceed federal tax law
limits.
If you exceed the
limit your policy will be considered a modified
endowment contract.
The maximum amount of money that can be accepted into either a life insurance
contract or a modified
endowment contract is still
limited by guideline premium
limits, another
limit placed by the federal government to avoid excessive use of this tax benefit.
With
limited pay policies, particularly those that are funded using paid up additions, it is important to keep an eye on the MEC level where your policy changes from life insurance to a modified
endowment contract.
This allows the policy to be maximized right up to the
limit before it becomes a modified
endowment contract (MEC).
If the amount deposited exceeds the policy
limit than the policy becomes a MEC (modified
endowment contract).