05/12/2026
Are you satisfied with the amount of non-taxable and non-reportable income you have? Could cash value life insurance be the missing piece in your income planning?
Section 7702 of the Tax Code clearly indicates that the death benefit from a life insurance policy is always non-taxable to the beneficiary. Income can then be taken in the form of loans, not withdrawals, to benefit the owner during their lifetime, as the tax-free death benefit acts as collateral for loans paid back at death.
Effectively, because the death benefit is non-taxable, the loans are collateralized in a non-taxable asset and remain outside of a taxable position as long as the policy maintains its "Non-MEC" status, i.e., it does not exceed the cash limits set by law.