This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams. This episode covers content for the National Exam.

In this episode you will learn:

• The accumulation phase represents the pay-in period where funds grow on a tax-deferred basis.

• Withdrawals made during the accumulation phase are taxed using the last-in first-out (LIFO) method.

• The annuitization phase is an irrevocable conversion of a lump sum into a guaranteed income stream.

• Once a contract has been annuitized, the owner loses the right to surrender the policy or access the cash value.

• The exclusion ratio is used during the payout phase to determine the tax-free portion of each payment.

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