Internal Revenue Code:Sec. 6050V. Returns relating to applicable insurance contracts in which certain exempt organizations hold interests

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Location in Internal Revenue Code

TITLE 26 - INTERNAL REVENUE CODE
      Subtitle F - Procedure and Administration
       CHAPTER 61 - INFORMATION AND RETURNS
        Subchapter A - Returns and Records
         PART III - INFORMATION RETURNS
          Subpart B - Information Concerning Transactions With Other Persons

Statute


Sec. 6050V. Returns relating to applicable insurance contracts in which 
certain exempt organizations hold interests.

    (a) In General.--Each applicable exempt organization which makes a 
reportable acquisition shall make the return described in subsection 
(c).
    (b) Time for Making Return.--Any applicable exempt organization 
required to make a return under subsection (a) shall file such return at 
such time as may be established by the Secretary.
    (c) Form and Manner of Returns.--A return is described in this 
subsection if such return--
            ``(1) is in such form as the Secretary prescribes,
            ``(2) contains the name, address, and taxpayer 
        identification number of the applicable exempt organization and 
        the issuer of the applicable insurance contract, and
            ``(3) contains such other information as the Secretary may 
        prescribe.
    (d) Definitions.--For purposes of this section--
            (1) Reportable acquisition.--The term `reportable 
        acquisition' means the acquisition by an applicable exempt 
        organization of a direct or indirect interest in any applicable 
        insurance contract in any case in which such acquisition is a 
        part of a structured transaction involving a pool of such 
        contracts.
            (2) Applicable insurance contract.--
                    (A) In general.--The term `applicable insurance 
                contract' means any life insurance, annuity, or 
                endowment contract with respect to which both an 
                applicable exempt organization and a person other than 
                an applicable exempt
                organization have directly or indirectly held an 
                interest in the contract (whether or not at the same 
                time).
                    (B) Exceptions.--Such term shall not include a 
                life insurance, annuity, or endowment contract if--
                          (i) all persons directly or indirectly 
                      holding any interest in the contract (other than 
                      applicable exempt organizations) have an insurable 
                      interest in the insured under the contract 
                      independent of any interest of an applicable 
                      exempt organization in the contract,
                          (ii) the sole interest in the contract of an 
                      applicable exempt organization or each person 
                      other than an applicable exempt organization is as 
                      a named beneficiary, or
                          (iii) the sole interest in the contract of 
                      each person other than an applicable exempt 
                      organization is--
                                    (I) as a beneficiary of a trust 
                                holding an interest in the contract, but 
                                only if the person's designation as such 
                                beneficiary was made without 
                                consideration and solely on a purely 
                                gratuitous basis, or
                                    (II) as a trustee who holds an 
                                interest in the contract in a fiduciary 
                                capacity solely for the benefit of 
                                applicable exempt organizations or 
                                persons otherwise described in subclause 
                                (I) or clause (i) or (ii).
            (3) Applicable exempt organization.--The term `applicable 
        exempt organization' means--
                    (A) an organization described in section 170(c),
                    (B) an organization described in section 
                168(h)(2)(A)(iv), or
                    (C) an organization not described in paragraph (1) 
                or (2) which is described in section 2055(a) or section 
                2522(a).
    (e) Termination.--This section shall not apply to reportable 
acquisitions occurring after the date which is 2 years after the date of 
the enactment of this section.
         

Amendments to Section

                                AMENDMENTS

     2006 - Pension Protection Act of 2006 (P.L. 109-280) inserted new section 
6050V. (Section 1211)
Section 1211(c) Study.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall 
        undertake a study on--
                    (A) the use by tax exempt organizations of 
                applicable insurance contracts (as defined under section 
                6050V(d)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as 
                added by subsection (a)) for the purpose of sharing the 
                benefits of the organization's insurable interest in 
                individuals insured under such contracts with investors, 
                and
                    (B) whether such activities are consistent with the 
                tax exempt status of such organizations.
            (2) Report.--Not later than 30 months after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
        report on the study conducted under paragraph (1) to the 
        Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and 
        Means of the House of Representatives.

                      EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2006 AMENDMENT
     2006 - Pension Protection Act of 2006 (P.L. 109-280)
Section 1211(d) <<NOTE: 26 USC 6050V.>> Effective Date.--The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to acquisitions of contracts after the date of 
enactment of this Act.

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