Question

Today, many long-term care policies are treated as tax-qualified contracts. Which of the following is not correct regarding tax-qualified long-term care contracts?

A. Tax-qualified long-term care policies must provide benefits that are limited to long-term care services.
B. These policies can be provided under an employer sponsored cafeteria plan.
C. These policies allow employers to provide this benefit, take a curent income tax deduction and allow the employee to avoid income inclusion.
D. The premiums for these policies may be deductible either above the line or below line.

Answer 1

C. These policies allow employers to provide this benefit, take a current income tax deduction and allow the employee to avoid income inclusion.

Step-by-step explanation:

Tax qualified long term care contracts usually insurance policies which provide benefit to the company and policy amounts can be deducted from the tax. These benefits are limited to the long term care services. The premium amount of these policies is deductible which provide tax benefit.