Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
SECTION 320-246 Exempt life insurance policy 320-246(1)
An exempt life insurance policy is a *life insurance policy (other than an *RSA):
(a) that is held by the trustee of a *complying superannuation fund and provides solely for the discharge of the fund ' s liabilities (contingent or not) in respect of *superannuation income stream benefits that are currently *RP superannuation income stream benefits of the fund; or
(b) that is held by the trustee of a *pooled superannuation trust, where:
(i) the policy provides solely for the discharge of the liabilities (contingent or not) in respect of *superannuation income stream benefits that are currently *RP superannuation income stream benefits of complying superannuation funds; and
(ii) the funds are unit holders of the trust; or
(c) that is held by another *life insurance company and is a *segregated exempt asset of that other company; or
(d) that is held by the trustee of a *constitutionally protected fund; or
(e) that provides for an *immediate annuity that:
(i) was purchased on or before 9 December 1987; or
(ii) is a *superannuation income stream that is in the *retirement phase; or
(iii) satisfies whichever of the conditions in subsection (3) are applicable; or
(ea) that provides for an *annuity that:
(i) is not an *immediate annuity; and
(ii) is a superannuation income stream that is in the retirement phase; or
(f) that provides for either or both of the following:
(i) a *personal injury annuity, payments of which are exempt from income tax under Division 54 ;
(ii) a *personal injury lump sum, payment of which is exempt from income tax under Division 54 .
Note:
A part of a life insurance policy may be taken to be an exempt life insurance policy under section 320-247 .
320-246(2)
(Repealed by No 15 of 2007)
320-246(3)
The following table sets out the conditions mentioned in subparagraph (1)(e)(iii):
Annuity conditions | ||
Item |
Column 1
The condition in column 2 applies in the following circumstances … |
Column 2
The condition is that … |
1 | there is a residual capital value (within the meaning of section 27H of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 ) in relation to the * immediate annuity. | the contract under which the annuity is payable does not permit the residual capital value to exceed the annuity ' s purchase price (within the meaning of that section). |
2 | the contract under which the * immediate annuity is payable provides that the annuity is payable until the end of a term of years certain. | the contract does not permit the total of the amounts paid for the annuity ' s commutation (whether in whole or in part) to exceed the annuity ' s purchase price (within the meaning of that section), reduced by the sum of the deductible amounts excluded from assessable income under that section. |
3 | the contract under which the
*
immediate annuity is payable:
(a) provides that the annuity is payable until the later of: (i) the death of a person (or the death of the last of 2 or more persons to die); or (ii) the end of a term of years certain; and (b) permits one or more amounts ( commutation payments ) to become payable before the end of the term of years certain for the annuity ' s commutation (whether in whole or in part). |
the contract does not permit the total of the commutation payments that may become payable before the end of the term of years certain to exceed the annuity ' s purchase price (within the meaning of that section), reduced by the sum of the deductible amounts excluded from assessable income under that section. |
4 | all circumstances. | there is no unreasonable deferral of the payments of the
*
immediate annuity, having regard to:
(a) to the extent to which the payments depend on the returns of the investment of the assets of the * life insurance company paying the annuity - when the payments are made and when those returns are * derived; and (b) to the extent to which the payments do not depend on those returns - the relative sizes of the annual totals of the payments from year to year; and (c) any other relevant factors. |
320-246(4)
(Repealed by No 19 of 2010)
320-246(5)
(Repealed by No 19 of 2010)
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