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 Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 8:01 am Post subject: Urgent! Death benefit for non-US citizen |
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Hello all insurance expert!
I am urgently needing your advice.
My father purchased a life insurance policy for my mother 20 years ago and my mother recently passed away. We are not US citizen nor resident alien(green card holder) and currently living in Asia. My question is will IRS deducts tax from my mom's death benefit from the life insurance when insurance company wire transfer the money? I was told there is some kind of regulation as W-8BEN, can we avoid that and make sure to get the full amount of death benefit back? (I believe life insurance is non-taxable for US citizen and resident alien for sure which state in IRS website)
My email address is peaceyeh[at]hotmail.com and your kindly help with advice is truly appreciated.
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Michael Yeh |
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peaceyeh
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| Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 6:23 am Post subject: |
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| I think in the U.S. the actual benefit that life insurance offers is not taxable. But it's not the same with the interest that you earn by way of your insurance. That interest is taxable. |
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| Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 3:52 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Steven, thank you so much for your feedback and information. What you saying is what I have also heard as well. However, i can't find any back up documents to show that "life insurance death benefit is also non-taxable for non-US citizen or non-resident alien" and that's why worry me the most. Other than that, tax on interest is reasonable although i don't know how much that will be yet.
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| Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 9:24 pm Post subject: non U.S. citizen |
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| Have you already filed for the death benefit? I can't believe that a company wrote a policy on a non-citizen.I would like a little more info. on this please. Before I could comment, if you wish me to. Thanx |
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| Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 7:30 am Post subject: |
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Hi peaceyeh, did you consult with any life insurance agent in your place? It's a little bit difficult to comment on it, since you haven't even mentioned about which nation you're from.
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| Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 4:09 am Post subject: |
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Here's a link for the IRS instructions on this:
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/iw8ben.pdf
It appears as if the death benefit itself is not taxable, but any interest paid will be subject to a 30% tax rate. The instructions are pretty clear, so I'd check it out and if you have any questions, speak with an accountant familiar with these things.
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