Section 1035 Exchange

Section 1035 Exchange

The tax-exempt exchange of two annuities or life insurance policies. The annuities exchanged are not assessed capital gains or any other taxes. Section 1035 exchanges allow a policyholder to avoid taxes that would have been levied on the first annuity or policy as long as the second is of equal or greater cost. The IRS only recognizes a Section 1035 exchange as such if the annuities or policies are directly exchanged. Selling one and buying another, for example, does not count.