Rev. December 2019
Form 1099-LS is used to report certain life insurance transactions to the IRS. This document provides instructions for payment recipients, issuers, and acquirers on how to complete and file this form.
If a reportable policy sale is rescinded and you have filed a Form 1099-LS with respect to the reportable policy sale, you must file a corrected Form 1099-LS within 15 calendar days of receiving notice of the rescission. If a reportable policy sale is rescinded and you have furnished a statement with respect to the reportable policy sale to a payment recipient or issuer, you must furnish that recipient with a corrected statement within 15 calendar days of receiving notice of the rescission.
You must generally furnish a statement or acceptable substitute to each payment recipient and to the issuer. Statements furnished to the issuer should be directed to the administrative office that, pursuant to the life insurance contract, processes transfers of ownership.
The payment recipient may include any seller in the reportable policy sale, as well as any broker or other intermediary that retains a portion of the cash or other consideration transferred in the reportable policy sale. However, a person other than a seller is not a payment recipient if they received aggregate payments of less than $600 with respect to a reportable policy sale.
A reportable policy sale payment recipient is any person that receives a reportable policy sale payment in a reportable policy sale.
If you are required to file Form 1099-LS, you must generally furnish a statement or acceptable substitute to each payment recipient and to the issuer. The issuer is the person responsible for administering the life insurance contract, including collecting premiums and paying death benefits under the contract.
Yes, all filers of Form 1099-LS may truncate the payment recipient’s TIN (social security number, individual taxpayer identification number, adoption taxpayer identification number, or employer identification number) on statements furnished to a payment recipient. Truncation is not allowed on any documents the filer files with the IRS.
Form 1099-LS is one of Tax forms that are documents used to report information related to taxes to the relevant tax authority. There are various types of tax forms, including federal, state, and local tax forms, which can vary depending on the taxpayer's circumstances and location.
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