Free Federal Tax Considerations Practice Questions

Wyoming Life exam — 75 practice questions.

Practice Federal Tax Considerations

Subtopics: Death benefit taxation, Cash value growth, 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 in a lump sum are generally:

Received income-tax-free

Lump-sum death proceeds are generally received free of federal income tax by the beneficiary.

2. The cash value growth inside a permanent life policy is:

Tax-deferred while it stays in the policy

Cash value grows tax-deferred; a gain is taxable only if the policy is surrendered for more than its cost basis.

3. Premiums an individual pays for personal life insurance are generally:

Not tax-deductible

Personal life insurance premiums are paid with after-tax dollars and are not deductible.

4. Policy dividends on a participating life policy are taxable only when:

Total dividends exceed the total premiums paid

Dividends are a nontaxable return of premium until they exceed the policyowner's cost basis.

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Practice: Federal Tax Considerations

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