Publication 575 - Pension And Annuity Income - 2004

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Contents
Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service
Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1
Publication 575
General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3
Cat. No. 15142B
Variable Annuities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4
Section 457 Deferred Compensation Plans . . . . .
4
Pension
Disability Pensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5
Railroad Retirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5
and Annuity
Withholding Tax and Estimated Tax . . . . . . . . . .
8
Cost (Investment in the Contract) . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9
Income
Taxation of Periodic Payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9
Fully Taxable Payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Partly Taxable Payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
For use in preparing
Taxation of Nonperiodic Payments . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Figuring the Taxable Amount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2004
Returns
Loans Treated as Distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Transfers of Annuity Contracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Lump-Sum Distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Rollovers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Special Additional Taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Tax on Early Distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Tax on Excess Accumulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Survivors and Beneficiaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
How To Get Tax Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Simplified Method Worksheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Reminder
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Introduction
This publication discusses the tax treatment of distribu-
tions you receive from pension and annuity plans and also
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shows you how to report the income on your federal in-
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come tax return. How these distributions are taxed de-
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