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15. Under Section 79 of the Internal Revenue Code, if a 60-year-old employee is provided with $180,000 of group term insurance, what would be the employee's annual taxable income on this insurance?
A. $85.80
B. $66.00
C. $1,425.60
D. $1,029.60
As per Section 79 of Internal Revenue Code, any health benefit given to the employee upto the limit of $50,000 is exempt from tax. Any amount more than $50,000 is taxable in the hands of Employee.
Calculation of Employee's Annual Taxable Income on this insurance are:
1. Exceeding value of Coverage Amount = $ 180,000 - $ 50,000
= $ 130,000
2. Divide excess amount by 1000 and then multiply it by the monthly cost for 2019 which is 0.66 (per $1,000) for the age 60 through 64, according to the Price Table.
Taxable Income = $ (130,000/1,000) * 0.66
= $ 130 * 0.66
= $ 85.80
Therefore, employee's taxable income on this insurance is $ 85.80. Option A is correct.