

CHAPTER 14
PERSONALLY PURCHASED RETIREMENT ANNUITIES
§ 14.01 Overview of Taxation of Annuities Purchased by Retirees
-----[1] Taxation of Annuity Payments
-----[2] Taxation of Non-Annuity Payments
-----[3] Premature Distributions Under the Annuity Contract
-----[4] Borrowing Under the Annuity Contract
-----[5] Exchanging an Annuity Contract
-----[6] Tax Planning with Purchased Annuities
-----[7] Income Tax Withholding
§ 14.02 Date Payments Begin Under a Purchased Annuity Contract
-----[1] Earliest Date Annuity Payments May Begin Without Penalty
-----[2] Latest Date Minimum Distributions to Non-Spousal Beneficiaries May Begin
§ 14.03 Investment in the Annuity Contract
§ 14.04 Annuity Payments Under the Contract
-----[1] Amounts Received as an Annuity
----------[a] When Payments Are Taxable as Annuity Payments
----------[b] Variable Annuity Payments
-----[2] Taxation of Annuity Payments
----------[a] The Exclusion Percentage and Determination of the Expected Return
----------[b] Expected Returns for Common Types of Annuities
----------[c] Taxation of Fixed Term Annuities
----------[d] Taxation of Ordinary Life Annuities
----------[e] Taxation of Temporary Life Annuities
----------[f] Taxation of Stepped Life Annuities
----------[g] Taxation of Ordinary Joint & Survivor Annuities
----------[h] Taxation of Stepped Joint & Survivor Annuities
----------[i] Taxation of Equally Stepped Joint & Survivor Annuities
----------[j] Taxation of Variable Annuity Contracts
----------[k] Quarterly, Semiannual, or Annual Payments for Lifetimes
----------[l] Increases or Decreases in Annuity Payment Amounts
----------[m] Multiple Current Recipients or Multiple Annuities
----------[n] Recovered and Unrecovered Investment in an Annuity Contract
---------------[i] Recovered Investment in an Annuity Contract
---------------[ii] Unrecovered Investment in the Annuity
---------------[iii] Two or More Annuities with Different Terms or Beneficiaries
§ 14.05 Taxation of Non-Annuity Distributions
-----[1] Non-Annuity Distributions in General
-----[2] Certain Non-Annuity Payments Not Taxed
-----[3] Non-Annuity Distributions Potentially Nontaxable in Part
-----[4] Non-Annuity Payments Fully Taxed
-----[5] Planning the Timing of a Lump Sum Distribution
§ 14.06 Conversion of Lump Sum Payment to Annuity Payments
§ 14.07 Loans to Retirees Under Purchased Annuity Contracts
§ 14.08 Exchange of Annuity Contract for New Annuity Contract
§ 14.09 After Exchange of Contracts or Change of Annuity Payment Period
§ 14.10 Gift of the Annuity Contract
§ 14.11 Role of Purchased Annuities in Tax Planning
§ 14.12 Tax Withholding on Payments under an Annuity Contract
§ 14.13 Estate or Gift Tax Imposed on Annuity Contract Benefits
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