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Tax Treatment of Life Insurance Turns 100! Greetings!    In addition to wishing you every success for the New Year we at NAIFA Washington want to remind you that 2013 is a special year.  This year marks 100th anniversary of the tax treatment of life insurance! Life insurance is only one of the products and services NAIFA advocates to protect, but it is the one that most commonly comes under attack.  CLICK TO VIEW THE VIDEO In 1913 the US Congress passed the Revenue Act of 1913 which is more commonly known for it's reinstitution of the income tax, following ratification of the Sixteenth Amendment to the US Constitution. In an unprecedented move Congress made a last-minute amendment to the Act to exempt life insurance death benefit proceeds and inside buildup (cash value) from income taxes. This only happened because of the efforts of NAIFA members.    In the past 100 years NAIFA has successfully warded off 14 serious attempts to amend this provision. Learn more... History of Life Insurance Taxation (YouTube, 9/17/2012, NAIFA) Gov. Dirk Kempthorne, President of ACLI, on Advocacy for the Life Insurance Industry (JHAM Radio, 12/4/2012, John Hancock, MP3) In the words of John F. Kennedy... Don't ask what your industry can do for you. What can you do for your industry? Help NAIFA protect our industry.  Get involved.  Participate. Members: Contribute to IFAPAC, Attend the Congressional Conference (DC), & Participate in Day On The Hill (Olympia) | Non-Members:  Join NAIFA today!

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