{"id":20270,"date":"2017-06-14T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-14T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/"},"modified":"2017-08-07T18:22:57","modified_gmt":"2017-08-07T18:22:57","slug":"is-a-life-insurance-payout-taxable-income","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/income\/other-income\/is-a-life-insurance-payout-taxable-income\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m the beneficiary of an insurance payout on the death of a relative &#8212; Is a life insurance payout taxable?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Regarding your question: Is life insurance payout taxable income, no, the IRS does not consider life insurance payouts taxable income.<\/p>\n<p>However, life insurance payout taxable interest issues might arise if you earn interest on the payouts after the relative dies. 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