Select your tax rate to see after tax payment amounts.
Under annuity tax rules, a portion of each payment is considered a return of principal excluded from taxation. Recognizing only a portion of your annuity payment in your tax return during this period might lower your overall tax rate and reduce the portion of any taxable Social Security payment. Click here to Learn Even More.
If the source of premiums for the annuity is from personal savings and not a 401(k) or Rollover
IRA, then a portion of your annuity payments is free from tax. While the actual formula is quite complex,
the principles are straight forward. If a portion of your premium comes from funds that have already
been taxed - or what is called a “cost basis,” - then that cost basis is recovered over the period of the
payments. If that cost basis has not been recovered at the time of death, the unrecovered cost basis can
be a deduction in the decedent's final tax return. If you make a withdrawal from your commuted value,
then that amount may reflect the recovery of a cost basis.
Select your tax rate to see after tax payment amounts.
Under annuity tax rules, a portion of each payment is considered a return of principal excluded from taxation. Recognizing only a portion of your annuity payment in your tax return during this period might lower your overall tax rate and reduce the portion of any taxable Social Security payment. Click here to Learn Even More.
