With portfolios down 30 and 40 % from a plunging stock market, it is nice to see steady
growth in my permanent life insurance policy.
Not exact matches
In addition, there may be a significant cash value in your old policy that is getting the tax advantaged growth that permanent life insurance offers (perhaps the reason you chose this policy in the first place
In addition, there may be a significant cash value
in your old policy that is getting the tax advantaged growth that permanent life insurance offers (perhaps the reason you chose this policy in the first place
in your old
policy that is getting the tax advantaged
growth that
permanent life insurance offers (perhaps the reason you chose this
policy in the first place
in the first place).
The difference with
permanent life insurance is that withdrawals are NEVER required, and thus the tax free
growth may never be taxed, and even if proceeds are taken
in the form of a
life insurance policy loan, these proceeds aren't taxed either.
If a
permanent life insurance policy doesn't make sense for your personal financial situation, don't be tempted by promises of
growth in the future or the ability to borrow against the value — often, other types of investments are smarter
in the long run.
A
permanent life insurance policy allows you to first of all, accumulate money
in a cash value accumulation plan which has conservative but steady
growth.
As a result, if a
permanent insurance policy is held until death, the taxation of any gains are ultimately avoided altogether; they're not taxable under IRC Section 7702 (g) during
life, and neither the cash value
growth nor the additional increase
in the value of the
policy due to death itself are taxable at death under IRC Section 101 (a).
Universal
life insurance is a type of
permanent life insurance that ties your cash value
growth in the
policy to one or more investment accounts.
This advantage is exclusive to
permanent life insurance policies; the
growth in the cash value of the
policy is not taxed until it is withdrawn.