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Qualified Accelerated Death Benefit Rider Exclusion

IRC §818(g)

Treats qualified accelerated death benefit riders as life insurance, allowing payments made to terminally or chronically ill individuals to be excluded from gross income.

Eligibility

The rider must meet the requirements of section 101(g) and not be treated as a long-term care insurance contract under section 7702B.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who is eligible for the Qualified Accelerated Death Benefit Rider Exclusion?

The rider must meet the requirements of section 101(g) and not be treated as a long-term care insurance contract under section 7702B.

How does the Qualified Accelerated Death Benefit Rider Exclusion work?

Treats qualified accelerated death benefit riders as life insurance, allowing payments made to terminally or chronically ill individuals to be excluded from gross income.

What law authorizes the Qualified Accelerated Death Benefit Rider Exclusion?

The Qualified Accelerated Death Benefit Rider Exclusion is authorized under IRC §818(g) of the Internal Revenue Code (Title 26, United States Code).

Statutory Text — IRC §818

Source: Internal Revenue Code, Title 26, United States Code

§ 818. Other definitions and special rules(a) Pension plan contractsFor purposes of this part, the term “pension plan contract” means any contract—(1) entered into with trusts which (as of the time the contracts were entered into) were deemed to be trusts described in section 401(a) and exempt from tax under section 501(a) (or trusts exempt from tax under section 165 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939 or the corresponding provisions of prior revenue laws); (2) entered into under plans which (as of the time the contracts were entered into) were deemed to be plans described in section 403(a), or plans meeting the requirements of paragraphs (3), (4), (5), and (6) of section 165(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939; (3) provided for employees of the life insurance company under a plan which, for the taxable year, meets the requirements of paragraphs (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (11), (12), (13), (14), (15), (16), (17), (19), (20), (22), (26), and (27) of section 401(a); (4) purchased to provide retirement annuities for its employees by an organization which (as of the time the contracts were purchased) was an organization described in section 501(c)(3) which was exempt from tax under section 501(a) (or was an organization exempt from tax under section 101(6) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939 or the corresponding provisions of prior revenue laws), or purchased to provide retirement annuities for employees described in section 403(b)(1)(A)(ii) by an employer which is a State, a political subdivision of a State, or an agency or instrumentality of any one or more of the foregoing; (5) entered into with trusts which (at the time the contracts were entered into) were individual retirement accounts described in section 408(a) or under contracts entered into with individual retirement annuities described in section 408(b); or (6) purchased by—(A) a governmental plan (within the meaning of section 414(d)) or an eligible deferred compensation plan (within the meaning of section 457(b)), or (B) the Government of the United States, the government of any State or political subdivision thereof, or by any agency or instrumentality of the foregoing, or any organization (other than a governmental unit) exempt from tax under this subtitle, for use in satisfying an obligation of such government, political subdivision, agency or instrumentality, or organization to provide a benefit under a plan described in subparagraph (A). (b) Treatment of capital gains and losses, etc.In the case of a life insurance company—(1) in applying section 1231(a), the term “property used in the trade or business” shall be treated as including only—(A) property used in carrying on an insurance business, of a character which is subject to the allowance for depreciation provided in section 167, held for more than 1 year, and real property used in carrying on an insurance business, held for more than 1 year, which is not described in section 1231(b)(1)(A), (B), or (C), and

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