Free Federal Tax Considerations Practice Questions
Maryland Life exam — 79 practice questions.
Subtopics: Death benefit taxation, Cash value growth, MEC, Qualified plan, 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. Life insurance death benefits paid to a named beneficiary are generally:
Received income-tax-free
Death benefits paid in a lump sum to a beneficiary are generally received free of federal income tax.
2. The growth of cash value inside a permanent life policy is generally:
Tax-deferred while left in the policy
Cash value generally grows tax-deferred; taxation may occur on amounts withdrawn above the cost basis.
3. A life policy classified as a Modified Endowment Contract (MEC) loses favorable tax treatment on:
Loans and withdrawals during life
Distributions (including loans) from a MEC are taxed on a gain-first basis and may incur penalties, unlike non-MEC policies.
4. Contributions to a traditional qualified retirement plan are generally:
Made pre-tax, with distributions taxed later
Traditional qualified plan contributions are typically pre-tax (deductible), and distributions are taxed as ordinary income when received.
Practice: Federal Tax Considerations
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