C5 Test -Group Life, Qualified Plans, Business Uses and Taxation
An insured purchases a $1,000,000 life insurance policy paid up at age 65. At age 65 the cash value of the policy is $180,000. In the past the insured borrowed $35,000 from the cash value. When the insured dies, what amount is taxable in the insured's estate?
$1,000,000
A 457 Plan permits a deferral of compensation of up to 33 1/3% of wages or up to maximum of which amount?
$16,500
A school teacher has contributed $80,000 into a Tax Sheltered Annuity. At the time she surrendered the contract, the account value was $180,000 and her tax bracket was 30%. The resultant tax amounts to?
$54,000
In most states, when a group life insurance plan is written on a contributory basis, the group plan must insure at least ______ of all eligible group members.
75%
Split Dollar Life Insurance is which of the following?
A method of purchasing life insurance.
The purpose of the Exclusion Ratio is to:
Allocate principal and interest, so to properly determine taxable and non-taxable amounts that are paid to annuitants.
Which of the following is an example of an agent's fiduciary responsibilities?
An Agent promptly forwarding premiums to the insurance company
A college student earns $1,500 part time while attending school. He/she may contribute which of the following amounts into an IRA for the current tax year?
Any amount up to $1,500
Which of the following is NOT true of Section 1035 Policy Exchanges?
Any exchange made under Section 1035 of the Internal Revenue Code must be completed within 30 days.
All of the following are true of the federal tax advantages of a qualified plan EXCEPT:
At distribution, all amounts received by the employee are free of taxes.
Under present OASDI (old age survivor and disability insurance) program, PIA represents?
Average earnings over the number of years worked
Key person life insurance permits all of the following Except?
Beneficiary is elected by the key employee
Which of the following is true regarding the taxation of accelerated benefits?
Benefits are not taxed
A plan under which the surviving partners of a partnership agree to buy the interest of a deceased partner is known as which of the following?
Buy & Sell Agreement
Which of the following Qualified Plans relies upon a formula for determining the retirement payout?
Defined Benefit
Which of the following scenarios will incur a 10% tax penalty on distributions?
Distributions are made on a policy before age 59½.
A Profit-Sharing Plan and Money Purchase Plan are:
Examples of Defined Contribution Plans
Withdrawals from a universal life insurance policy are treated as which of the following?
FIFO (first in first out) rules apply
Business uses of life insurance which does NOT designate the employer as beneficiary is which of the following?
Group life
Dividends are never?
Guaranteed
In which of the following plans is the owner immediately vested?
IRA
Which of the following is true of a qualified plan?
It has a tax benefit for both employer and employee.
Roth IRA's permit all of the following EXCEPT?
Minimum required distributions by the age of 70 1/2
All of the following are reasons a beneficiary may be subject to tax from a life insurance settlement EXCEPT:
No insurable interest was in effect at the time of policy settlement
Cindy divorces Charlie at age 35 and collects distributions on their retirement plan as a result. What penalties will she have to pay?
None
Whose Estate bears the burden of Estate Tax?
Policyowner
Individually owned non-qualified annuities are generally taxed as follows:
Premiums are not deductible; interest credited to the cash value is taxed deferred.
Personal life insurance premiums and death benefit proceeds are generally taxed as follows:
Premiums are not tax deductible, death benefits are income tax free.
A Stock Bonus Plan is which of the following?
Profit Sharing Plan
Stephanie contributes more than the maximum amount to her Roth IRA. What will most likely happen?
She will pay a tax penalty
A premature distribution from an individually owned non-qualified annuity is:
Subject to a 10% penalty
The annual increase of cash value within a life policy generally is:
Tax deferred as long as the policy is not terminated
All of the following are true about Non-Contributory Group Insurance EXCEPT:
The amount of coverage is selected by the participant
Which of the following statements is true regarding dividends that are accumulating at interest on a participating life policy?
The dividends are received tax free; however, the interest earned on the dividends is taxed as ordinary income.
Who is the owner and who is the beneficiary on a Key Person Life Insurance Policy?
The employer is the owner and the beneficiary
Laura has group life insurance through her employer. After five years she decides to leave the company and work independently. What must Laura do in order to obtain an individual policy?
The group policy is convertible to an individual policy without proof of insurability
IRAs are available:
To some individuals who are participating in a qualified pension plan.
Which of the following describes the tax advantage of a qualified retirement plan?
Which of the following describes the tax advantage of a qualified retirement plan?
All of the following are true about the group life insurance conversion option EXCEPT
no benefits are paid if a terminated employee dies before converting