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Reportable Life Insurance Sale

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.

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  • What happens if a reportable policy sale is rescinded?

    If a reportable policy sale is rescinded and you have filed a Form 1099-LS with respect to the reportable policy sale, you must file a corrected Form 1099-LS within 15 calendar days of receiving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 If a reportable policy sale is rescinded and you have furnished a statement with respect to the reportable policy sale to a payment recipient or issuer, you must furnish that recipient with a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.

  • What statements are required to be furnished?

    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.

  • Who may be considered as a payment recipient?

    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.

  • What is a reportable policy sale payment recipient?

    A reportable policy sale payment recipient is any person that receives a reportable policy sale payment in a reportable policy sale.

  • Who issues a Form 1099-LS?

    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.

  • Can the TIN of the payment recipient be truncated on statements?

    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.

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Form 1099-LS is one of Federal tax forms that are documents used to report and file federal income taxes with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in the United States. These forms are used by individuals, businesses, and organizations to report their income, deductions, and other relevant information necessary for calculating their federal tax liability.

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