According to the Internal Revenue Service, death benefits are generally
excluded from federal income tax when paid to terminally ill policyholders.
Following is a select list of some common fringe benefits which are
excluded from federal income tax withholding, and in most cases are excluded from FICA taxes as well (and therefore not reported on Form W - 2):
Beginning with Bonds purchased in 1990, the interest earned on Series EE Savings Bonds can be
excluded from Federal Income Tax if you pay tuition and fees at colleges, universities, and qualified technical schools during the same year the Bonds are cashed.
In particular, life insurance proceeds, disability benefits, personal injury settlements, and child support payments are
all excluded from Federal income tax.
Not exact matches
The CBPP found in a recent study that 16 million children in low -
income families would be
excluded from the benefit entirely, as their parents don't make enough to pay
federal taxes and thus receive a refund.
This allows homeowners to
exclude gains
from a home sale up to $ 250,000 for an individual or $ 500,000 for a married couple
from federal income tax.
«Most companies and analysts routinely
exclude G&A (General and Administrative costs or overhead), royalty payments,
federal income taxes, depreciation and amortization («EBITDAX»)
from their costs.
Minnesota requires an addback of the full
federal tax exempt - interest dividend
excluded from federal income if less than 95 % of the
federal tax - exempt dividend is derived
from Minnesota - source obligations.
When the
federal income tax law was adopted in 1913, the interest
income on most municipal bonds was
excluded from federal taxation.
Municipal bond
income: Municipal bond
income can reduce your
tax liability since
federal income tax excludes municipal bond interest
from your
income.
Distributions for Qualified Expenses When distributions
from an HSA are used to pay for qualified medical expenses of the account owner, his or her spouse, or dependents, the distributions are
excluded from gross
income — even if the individual is not currently eligible to make HSA contributions and / or does not itemize his deductions on his
federal income taxes.
The interest on the bond is
excluded from the gross
income of its owners for
federal income tax purposes under Section 103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended.
Contributions made with after -
tax funds; earnings
excluded from income for
federal tax purposes when used for qualified college and K - 12 expenses
Contributions made with after -
tax funds; earnings
excluded from income for
federal tax purposes when used for qualified college expenses
As such, the net amount of the death benefit is
excluded from gross
income and, as long as the total annual payments do not exceed IRS guidelines, it is not generally subject to
federal or state
income tax.
This was the
federal law that allowed Florida home owners as well as home owners across the country to legally
exclude from their
income taxes any amount that was forgiven by the bank (on principal residences) after a mortgage loan modification, short sale, or
from a foreclosure.
Under a temporary measure passed in 2007, the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act and Debt Cancellation Act, homeowners can
exclude debt forgiveness on their
federal tax returns
from income for loans discharged in calendar years 2007 through 2012.