Plus 5 Things to Consider Before Tapping Your Retirement Accounts, and the good, the bad and the ugly of the popular «guaranteed income» products
known as annuities.
This amount is also
known as the annuity benefit.
If the payments to be made under an annuity are independent of any life event, it is
known as an annuity - certain.
A form of life insurance
known as an annuity can provide monthly income all the way through your retirement that can later provide income for your family after you are gone.
This lump sum is
known as an annuity.
Pension plans also
known as annuity plans are similar to life insurance policies.However, unlike a life insurance policy, which is a protection plan and is aimed to take care of your family following your death, a pension plan looks to ensure a financially sound future for yourself and your family with a steady stream of income when you survive and live through your retirement years.
Not exact matches
[30] By the amendment's terms, the exemption would
no longer apply to transactions involving fixed indexed
annuity contracts and variable
annuity contracts
as of April 10, 2017.
If so, did you
know that in many cases, leaving tax - deferred assets, such
as IRA funds or
annuities, to charity will relieve non-charitable beneficiaries of tax liability?
You can move nonqualified (after - tax) assets from a higher - cost
annuity through a tax - free transfer
known as a 1035 exchange.
As most of you
know, the 84 - 24 and BIC exemptions apply separately and disparately to fixed rate
annuities, fixed indexed
annuities and variable
annuities.
Index - linked variable
annuities,
known as buffered variable
annuities, wrapped up 2017 with $ 9.2 billion in sales, up 25 percent from 2016.
Structured
annuities, also
known as buffered or hybrid variable
annuities, protect, or buffer, contract holders from market downturns to a limited extent.
Many times, the financial advisor who sold the original variable
annuity is
no longer around to advise a client
as to whether it's best to move ahead with surrender, leading to investor confusion over a thorny financial decision, he said.
Buffered variable
annuities, sometimes
known as structured variable
annuities protect, or buffer, contract holders from market downturns to a limited extent.
Even that $ 575 in monthly income is likely too generous,
as a large segment of the public does not even
know such a thing
as an immediate
annuity offering joint and survivor benefits exists.
Income
annuities also come with what's
known as a lifetime - only contract, or a death benefit for a limited period.
An
annuity exchange is also
known as a 1035 exchange, which refers to a provision in the tax code.
These types of
annuities also enable you to plan for inflation by offering a cost - of - living adjustment,
known as a COLA.
Also
known as a tax - sheltered
annuity (TSA) plan, a 403 (b) is a retirement plan for some employees of public schools, employees of certain tax - exempt organizations, and certain ministers.
An income
annuity may be the right choice for you if you have a need for guaranteed lifetime income; you
know your retirement expenses won't be covered by other income sources, such
as Social Security; and you have assets outside of the
annuity to cover unexpected expenses.
While FIA sales shrunk, sales of buffered variable
annuities, also
known as index variable
annuities, rose 50 percent to $ 2.17 billion last year compared to 2016, the company said.
For the purpose of evaluating Medicare tax exposure, it's important to
know that «unearned» net investment income includes net rental income, dividends, taxable interest, net capital gains from the sale of investments (including second homes and rental properties), royalties, passive income from investments in which you do not actively participate (such
as a partnership), and the taxable portion of nonqualified
annuity payments.
It's also important to consider that earnings from an
annuity will be taxed
as ordinary income when the earnings are withdrawn,
no matter how long the owner has owned the account.
Because in addition to interest and return of a portion of your principal, each
annuity payment effectively contains an extra little amount
known as a «mortality credit» — essentially, money transferred from
annuity owners who die early to those who live long lives.
A single - premium income
annuity, also
known as an immediate
annuity or deferred income
annuity, can provide a reliable income stream using a portion of your savings.
The scenario I've described pretty much explains how an immediate
annuity — or an income or payout
annuity as it's sometimes
known — works, with some important differences.
A more complicated arrangement is what is
known as a variable
annuity with guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefits for life.
Future columns will cover everything from extended warranties to auto insurance, from self - insurance to the personal pension plans
known as life
annuities.
You (the
annuity owner) make a lump - sum payment or a series of premium payments to an
annuity issuer (the insurance company), which will accumulate earnings at a fixed interest rate (a fixed
annuity) or a variable rate determined by the growth (or losses) in investment options
known as subaccounts (a variable
annuity).
That probably wouldn't make sense,
as you would
no longer have access to your $ 1 million for emergencies and such (although in return for a smaller payout some
annuities do provide at least some access to principal or allow for payments to continue after death).
ForeAccumulation fixed index
annuity offers the traditional protection of a fixed index
annuity along with an earnings opportunity through an accumulation feature
known as a Guaranteed Minimum Accumulation Value (GMAV).7
If money from an
annuity is taken early, which is
known and either a partial or total «surrender» of the contract, the I.R.S. categorizes this amount first
as earnings, subject to regular income taxes.
This is
known as the «last in, first out method» of
annuity taxation.
ForeIncome goes beyond the traditional interest crediting and protection benefits of a basic fixed index
annuity, offering the features of a traditional fixed index
annuity along with an available income benefit
known as Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Benefit (GLWB).
Due to similar functionality these
annuity plans are also
known as pension schemes.
All else equal,
annuity payments are smaller when interest rates are low
as is the case today (which
no doubt accounts for the fact that immediate
annuity sales have been declining lately, falling almost 20 % the first half of this year).
So when setting
annuity payments, insurance company actuaries are able to include what are
know in insurance circles
as «mortality credits,» essentially money that would have gone to
annuity owners who die early but that's instead transferred to those who live longer.
Retirees have long regarded indexed
annuities (also
known as equity index, fixed index or fixed indexed
annuities)
as a risk management financial strategy.
While the company has traditionally focused on
annuity products and is
known as one of the nation's premier
annuity providers, over the past several years we have successfully developed and introduced an array of traditional life insurance products.
Most fixed
annuities have two phases: the accumulation phase, during which your investments have the potential to grow tax - deferred and the distribution phase (also
known as annuitization), during which you receive income payments or a lump - sum payment.
Also
known as a tax - sheltered
annuity, a 403 (b) plan is an employer - sponsored plan designed for employees of certain tax - exempt organizations (e.g., hospitals, churches, charities, and public schools) to invest for their retirement.
This type of
annuity leans into our desire for certainty by providing a steady stream of funds, helping Americans solve the complex math problem
known as retirement savings.»
In that case, you might consider a twist on an immediate
annuity known as a longevity
annuity (aka a «deferred income
annuity»).
Most variable
annuities have two phases: the accumulation phase, in which your investments have the potential to grow tax - deferred, and the distribution phase (also
known as annuitization), in which you receive income payments or a lump - sum payment.
As you hopefully
know, there are numerous types of
annuities that are designed to address a specific risk or groups of risks that many retirees face.
An immediate
annuity is formally called a Single Premium Immediate
Annuity, and also
known as an income
annuity.
He said that equity indexed
annuities,
known as fixed indexed
annuities (FIAs), were among the most complicated investments he had examined.
Also
known as an income
annuity.
If you're receiving monthly payments from an insurance payout or lawsuit settlement — also
known as a structured settlement
annuity — but need cash immediately to pay for medical bills or other significant expenses, you can sell all or part of your
annuity.
Immediate
annuities, also
known as SPIAs (single premium immediate
annuities), could hardly be simpler in concept.