{"id":635,"date":"2019-10-30T15:37:16","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T15:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ayoub-associates.com\/blog\/?p=635"},"modified":"2019-10-30T15:37:35","modified_gmt":"2019-10-30T15:37:35","slug":"irs-treasury-issue-final-regulations-new-reporting-requirements-life-insurance-contract-transactions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ayoub-associates.com\/blog\/irs-treasury-issue-final-regulations-new-reporting-requirements-life-insurance-contract-transactions\/","title":{"rendered":"IRS, Treasury issue final regulations on new reporting requirements for life insurance contract transactions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>IR-2019-177, October 25, 2019<\/p>\n<p>WASHINGTON \u2013The Internal Revenue Service today issued <a title=\"final regulations\" href=\"https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2019\/10\/31\/2019-23559\/information-reporting-for-certain-life-insurance-contract-transactions-and-modifications-to-the\">final regulations<\/a> on the new information reporting requirements for certain life insurance contract transactions.<\/p>\n<p>The requirement was authorized under new section 6050Y, added to the Internal Revenue Code by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), the tax reform legislation enacted in December 2017. The final regulations generally apply to reportable policy sales and payments of death benefits occurring after Dec. 31, 2018. The final regulations provide taxpayers additional time to satisfy any reporting obligations for reportable policy sales or death benefit payments made prior to publication of final regulations.<\/p>\n<p>Among other things, these reporting requirements are designed to help people who sell life insurance contracts properly report any gain from that sale.<\/p>\n<p>Every person who acquires a life insurance contract, or any interest in a contract, in a reportable policy sale during the tax year must file a return with the IRS. The acquirer must also furnish written statements to each payment recipient and the issuer named in the return. The issuer, upon receiving such a statement, must file a return with the IRS and furnish a written statement to the seller. For further details, see <a title=\"About Form 1099-LS, Reportable Life Insurance Sale\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/forms-pubs\/about-form-1099-ls\" data-entity-uuid=\"1076d9a1-f7d6-4904-89b4-10d3ad32b08a\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\">Form 1099-LS<\/a>, <a title=\"About Form 1099-SB, Seller's Investment in Life Insurance Contract\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/forms-pubs\/about-form-1099-sb\" data-entity-uuid=\"c9d15fdc-7e3b-4216-815f-91729320e941\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\">Form 1099-SB<\/a>, and their instructions, available on IRS.gov.<\/p>\n<p>The final regulations also provide guidance on new reporting requirements applicable to each person who makes a payment of reportable death benefits (reportable on <a title=\"About Form 1099-R, Distributions From Pensions, Annuities, Retirement or Profit-Sharing Plans, IRAs, Insurance Contracts, etc.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/forms-pubs\/about-form-1099-r\" data-entity-uuid=\"2ca18520-f6c8-48bc-9738-fc73d45ec8e1\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\">Form 1099-R<\/a>) and how to calculate the amount of death benefits excluded from gross income. The final regulations also include definitions relevant to reportable policy sales and exceptions.<\/p>\n<p>For information about other TCJA provisions, visit <a title=\"Tax Reform\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/tax-reform\" data-entity-uuid=\"e8471673-3c14-4749-a65f-96bb3ea9e361\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\">IRS.gov\/tax-reform<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/newsroom\/irs-treasury-issue-final-regulations-on-new-reporting-requirements-for-life-insurance-contract-transactions\">https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/newsroom\/irs-treasury-issue-final-regulations-on-new-reporting-requirements-for-life-insurance-contract-transactions<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IR-2019-177, October 25, 2019 WASHINGTON \u2013The Internal Revenue Service today issued final regulations on the new information reporting requirements for certain life insurance contract transactions. 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