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Tax Sheltered Annuity

A tax-sheltered annuity (TSA) is an investment vehicle that allows an individual to make pre-tax contributions to a retirement account. Original TSA participants were restricted to annuities in their choice of investment instruments. Today the name is a misnomer because the menu of investment ...

Tax Deferred Annuity Advantages

As its name implies, the biggest advantages of the tax deferred annuity derive from the privilege of tax deferral. The ability to invest money and have the gains compound tax free is a powerful tool for building wealth. The three basic types of annuities share a common structure: the holder ...

Tax Deferred Annuity Benefits

A tax-deferred annuity allows individuals to save for their retirement with pre-tax contributions. The contributions to a tax-deferred annuity are usually taken directly from employees' salaries, thereby reducing current taxable income. Investors do not pay taxes on their contributions or their ...

Annuity Taxes Made Easy

The subject of annuity taxes can be confusing and loaded with jargon. But there is a simpler way to approach annuity taxation, based on the fact that the way an annuity is taxed depends primarily on the type of annuity in question. And since there are only two major types of annuities, it ...