Download or read book Income Taxation of Life Insurance and Annuity Contracts written by Kirk Van Brunt and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " ... considers the federal income tax rules applicable to life insurance and annuity contracts, addressing, for example, the exclusion from gross income of death benefit proceeds and the taxation of annuity payments; deductions related to the purchase of life insurance policies and annuity contracts; the federal income tax rules applicable to dispositions of life insurance policies and annuity contracts; international aspects; and valuation. This Portfolio does not address the definition of a life insurance or annuity contract for federal tax purposes. That topic is discussed in Tax Management Portfolio 546 T.M., Annuities, Life Insurance, and Long-Term Care Insurance Products"--Portfolio description.