Title 26Internal Revenue CodeRelease 119-73

§804 Life insurance deductions

Title 26 › Subtitle Subtitle A— - Income Taxes › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NORMAL TAXES AND SURTAXES › Subchapter Subchapter L— - Insurance Companies › Part PART I— - LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES › Subpart Subpart C— - Life Insurance Deductions › § 804

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Title 26, §804

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For purposes of this part, the term “life insurance deductions” means the general deductions provided in section 805.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 804, added Pub. L. 86–69, § 2(a), June 25, 1959, 73 Stat. 115; amended Pub. L. 87–858, § 3(b)(2), Oct. 23, 1962, 76 Stat. 1137; Pub. L. 88–272, title II, § 214(b)(3), Feb. 26, 1964, 78 Stat. 55; Pub. L. 91–172, title IV, § 401(b)(2)(D), Dec. 30, 1969, 83 Stat. 602; Pub. L. 94–455, title XIX, § 1901(a)(96), (b)(1)(J)(i), (iii), (K), (M), (33)(F), Oct. 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 1780, 1791, 1801, defined the term “taxable investment income” and provided for the computation of such income, prior to the general revision of this part by Pub. L. 98–369, § 211(a). Another prior section 804, acts Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 258; Mar. 13, 1956, ch. 83, § 2, 70 Stat. 41, related to reserve and other policy liability deductions, prior to the general revision of this part by Pub. L. 86–69, § 2(a).

Amendments

2017—Pub. L. 115–97 substituted “means the general deductions provided in section 805.” for “means— “(1) the general deductions provided in section 805, and “(2) the small life insurance company deduction (if any) determined under section 806(a).” 1986—Pars. (2), (3). Pub. L. 99–514 redesignated par. (3) as (2), substituted “section 806(a)” for “section 806(b)”, and struck out former par. (2), which read as follows: “the special life insurance company deduction determined under section 806(a), and”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2017 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115–97 applicable to taxable years beginning after Dec. 31, 2017, see section 13512(c) of Pub. L. 115–97, set out as a note under section 453B of this title.

Effective Date

of 1986 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 99–514 applicable to taxable years beginning after Dec. 31, 1986, see section 1011(c)(1) of Pub. L. 99–514, set out as a note under section 453B of this title.

Effective Date

Section applicable to taxable years beginning after Dec. 31, 1983, see section 215 of Pub. L. 98–369, set out as a note under section 801 of this title.

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Citation

26 U.S.C. § 804

Title 26Internal Revenue Code

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Apr 6, 2026

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