How does the IRS tax life insurance payout?

How does the IRS tax life insurance payout?

If you choose to surrender the policy and receive its cash value in return, you will pay taxes based on the amount that your investments increased in value. If your beneficiaries received any interest earnings from the policy, along with a death benefit, the interest would be taxable as income. Jan 14, 2020

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