Free Federal Tax Considerations Practice Questions
Massachusetts Life exam — 80 practice questions.
Subtopics: Death benefit, Cash value growth, Annuity taxation, MEC, 1035 exchange, Death benefit taxation, Premium deductibility, Dividends taxation, Modified endowment contract, Traditional IRA, Roth IRA, Qualified plan contributions, Rollover vs transfer, 403b, Transfer-for-value rule, Estate inclusion incidents of ownership, Three-year rule, Section 79 group term, Key person policy taxation, Life policy withdrawal basis recovery, Required minimum distributions, SEP IRA, 1035 exchange life-to-life, 401k salary deferral, Policy loan taxation, Surrender gain, Surrender calculation, Lapse with loan, Dividend interest taxation, Estate inclusion transfer, ILIT, Gift tax exclusion 2026, Estate tax exemption 2026, Marital deduction, MEC 7-pay test, MEC death benefit, MEC loans, MEC permanence, Annuity withdrawal exception, Annuity basis recovery, 1035 annuity to life, 1035 same insured, Traditional IRA limit 2026, IRA catch-up 2026, 401k deferral 2026, Super catch-up, IRA contribution earned income, IRA age limit, IRA deductibility, IRA early withdrawal, IRA penalty exceptions, Roth qualified distribution, Roth RMDs, Roth contributions basis, Indirect rollover, One rollover per year, Mandatory withholding, Inherited IRA 10-year rule, RMD failure penalty, RMD age born 1960, ERISA, Qualified plan requirements, Vesting, DC vesting schedules, Defined benefit plan, Defined contribution plan, Profit-sharing plan, SIMPLE plan eligibility, SIMPLE early withdrawal, SEP contributions, Keogh plan, 457 plan, Qualified plan loans, Employer-owned life insurance, Buy-sell premiums, Group term over 50k, Group premium deduction, Transfer for value exceptions, Life settlement taxation
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Sample questions & answers
1. When a beneficiary receives a life insurance death benefit as a single lump-sum payment, the proceeds are generally:
Received income-tax-free
Life insurance death proceeds paid in a lump sum are generally received free of federal income tax.
2. The growth of cash value inside a permanent life policy is generally:
Tax-deferred while it remains in the policy
Cash value accumulates on a tax-deferred basis as long as it stays within the policy.
3. When annuity payments are received the portion representing investment gain is:
Taxed as ordinary income
The gain portion of annuity payments is taxed as ordinary income while the cost basis is returned tax-free.
4. A life policy that fails the federal premium limits and becomes a modified endowment contract loses:
The favorable tax treatment of living distributions
A modified endowment contract loses favorable tax treatment on loans and withdrawals taken during life.
Practice: Federal Tax Considerations
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