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Title 26, Internal Revenue CodeRelease 119-110

§6050U Charges or Payments for Qualified Long-term Care Insurance Contracts Under Combined Arrangements

Title 26 › Subtitle F — Procedure and Administration › CHAPTER 61 — INFORMATION AND RETURNS › Subchapter A — Returns and Records › PART III — INFORMATION RETURNS › Subpart B — Information Concerning Transactions With Other Persons › § 6050U

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Anyone who takes a charge against the cash value of an annuity or the cash surrender value of a life insurance contract that is excluded from taxable income under section 72(e)(11) must file a return with the IRS on the forms or rules the IRS requires. The return must show the total charges for each contract for the calendar year, how much each contract’s investment was reduced by those charges, and the contract holder’s name, address, and taxpayer ID number. That same payer must also give each contract holder a written statement with the payer’s contact name, address, and phone number and the same details shown on the return. The statement must be given on or before January 31 of the year after the calendar year covered.

Full Legal Text

Title 26, §6050U

Internal Revenue Code, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Requirement of reporting
Any person who makes a charge against the cash value of an annuity contract, or the cash surrender value of a life insurance contract, which is excludible from gross income under section 72(e)(11) shall make a return, according to the forms or regulations prescribed by the Secretary, setting forth—
(1)the amount of the aggregate of such charges against each such contract for the calendar year,
(2)the amount of the reduction in the investment in each such contract by reason of such charges, and
(3)the name, address, and TIN of the individual who is the holder of each such contract.
(b)Statements to be furnished to persons with respect to whom information is required
Every person required to make a return under subsection (a) shall furnish to each individual whose name is required to be set forth in such return a written statement showing—
(1)the name, address, and phone number of the information contact of the person making the payments, and
(2)the information required to be shown on the return with respect to such individual.
The written statement required under the preceding sentence shall be furnished to the individual on or before January 31 of the year following the calendar year for which the return under subsection (a) was required to be made.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section applicable to contracts issued after Dec. 31, 1996, but only with respect to taxable years beginning after Dec. 31, 2009, and to charges made after Dec. 31, 2009, see section 844(g)(1), (3) of Pub. L. 109–280, set out as an

Effective Date

of 2006 Amendment note under section 72 of this title.

Reference

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Citation

26 U.S.C. § 6050U

Title 26, Internal Revenue Code

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110