Fixed interest rate annuities provide that the contract earns
interest during the accumulation period at a rate of interest set by the insurance company based upon the performance of the company's general portfolio account.
Not exact matches
If the member in receipt of the TRIS decides to cease receiving the TRIS
during the pre-commencement
period but maintains the remaining value in an
accumulation interest in the fund, the fund may need to start using the proportionate method to calculate the income tax exemption.
Assets will cease being segregated current pension assets in the pre-commencement
period when the fund gives effect to value transferred by a member
during that
period which results in the fund starting to have assets that support both
accumulation and retirement - phase
interests.
This not only means lower taxable income for you
during the
accumulation period, but also additional accumulated
interest thanks to the power of compounding.
Second, the tax treatment describe here applies only to deferred annuities (contracts that have an
accumulation period,
during which your money earns
interest; immediate annuities, which provide an income beginning within one year of purchase, get very different tax treatment and do not present the issues described here.
With a deferred annuity, you make regular premium payments to an insurance company over a
period of time and allow the funds to build and earn
interest during the
accumulation phase.
During this growth
period, or
accumulation period, the rate of
interest is not taxed, which allows for a greater
accumulation of funds.