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Oh boy, your gonna love this! Clearly, the annuity company should really provide a statement showing what is and what isn't taxable. Mud is much clearer, and some investment advisors claim annuities are terrible tax things. Complex rules apply to the taxation of amounts received under certain annuity and life insurance contracts. Amounts received as an annuity are included in gross income to the extent that they exceed the exclusion ratio, which is determined by taking the original investment in the contract, deducting the value of any refund features, and dividing the result by the expected yield on the contract as of the annuity starting date. Different rules apply to amounts paid under a contract that are not received as an annuity. The annuity rules do not apply to tax-sheltered investment contracts, interest only settlements, and life insurance proceeds payable by reason of death. Special rules apply to many distributions from retirement plans, divorce settlements, required post-death payments under annuity contracts, annuity contracts not held by individuals, and options to receive annuity payments instead of a lump sum under a contract.
If the annuity is a non qualified tax deferred annuity (an annuity that taxes were paid on the money before they were placed into the annuity) you will pay taxes on any interest growth when it is removed from the annuity. If the annuity is a qualified annuity (no taxes were paid prior to placing the fund into the annuity) you will pay taxes on all withdrawals from the annuity.
Technically, the term "annuity" means "a series of payments over time, where the original investment and interest will be distributed over the annuity payout period". However, most people, when they use the term "annuity" are referring to a COMMERCIAL ANNUITY - a contract between an issuing insurance company and the purchaser. There are two basic types of commercial annuities:IMMEDIATE - These contracts guarantee an income for either a specified period of time ("Period Certain" annuities) or for the life of the "annuitant" ("Life Annuities"). The annuitant is the person whose age and sex determines the amount of the annuity payments. An immediate annuity may be "fixed" (guaranteeing a specified amount of money each year) or "variable" (guaranteeing an income, the amount of which will vary with the investment performance of the investment accounts chosen by the purchaser).DEFERRED - These contracts have two phases:(a) the Accumulation phase, during which the annuity will earn interest, and(b) the Payout phase, during which payments will be made to the annuitant either for a specified period or for life (the payout phase acts like, and is taxed like, an immediate annuity).Deferred annuities may be either "fixed" (where principal and a minimum rate of interest is guaranteed) or "variable" (where the value of the contract will vary with the investment performance of the accounts chosen by the purchaser.For more information, see "The Advisor's Guide to Annuities" by John Olsen and Michael Kitces (National Underwriter Co., 3rd ed., 2012)Answer 2Series of payments at fixed intervals, guaranteed for a fixed number of years or the lifetime of one or more individuals.Similar to a pension, the money is paid out of an investment contract under which the annuitant(s) deposit certain sums (in a lump sum or in installments) with an annuity guarantor (usually a government agency or an insurance firm).The amount paid back includes principal and interest, either or both of which (depending on the local regulations) may be tax exempt. An annuity is not an insurance policy but a tax-shelter.While the interest component (the taxable portion) of a regular annuity payment may be exempt from local or state taxes, it is never, under current law, exempt from Federal income tax. Moreover, to say that an annuity is a "tax shelter", rather than an "insurance policy" is not quite correct. First, an annuity is not a tax shelter, as that term is ordinarily used, because it does not EXEMPT any otherwise taxable income from Federal tax; it merely provides tax DEFERRAL. Moreover, many components of an annuity are, in fact, INSURANCE. An annuity contract is not LIFE INSURANCE, and does not enjoy the same tax treatment of a life insurance policy (e.g.: an income tax free death benefit), but the RISK TRANSFER characteristics of an annuity are certainly "insurance". (John Olsen)
No. The money payments to a annuity plan when you purchase the annuity plan the amount that you pay for the plan is not tax deferred. The amount is after income tax funds. The earnings that go on inside of the annuity plan will be tax deferred until the time that you start taking distributions from the annuity plan.
A deferred annuity fund is an annuity contract that does not pay out income or installments until the customer decides to withdraw the funds from the account.
A deferred annuity fund is an annuity contract that does not pay out income or installments until the customer decides to withdraw the funds from the account.
Your annuity typically has at least two values, Contract Value and Surrender Value. Contract Value: The value of your annuity as it sits today with the life company. Surrender Value: The value of your annuity if you were to surrender the policy and walk away with all your money.
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Annuity loans are when an annuity holder borrows money against the value of an annuity contract. It allows one to access funds without having to cash out their annuity immediately.
A fixed income annuity is a type of insurance contract where the insurance company makes payments of a preassigned amount to the holder of the annuity, the annuitant.
A deferred annuity fund is an annuity contract that does not pay out income or installments until the customer decides to withdraw the funds from the account.
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A fixed income annuity is a type of insurance contract where the insurance company makes payments of a preassigned amount to the holder of the annuity, the annuitant.
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One has to first prove that the annuity is theirs to sell. This requires photo identification, a copy of the annuity policy, a copy of the annuity application, as well as copies of tax forms in some instances. A broker can then be hired to sell the annuity, or a person can do it themselves. Woodbridge Structured Funding and Liberty Settlement Funding are two, of many, companies that offer online services to a person looking to sell an annuity.