After suffering a debilitating injury, Ahmad (47) retired on disability after teaching high-school math for several years. He had not yet reached the minimum retirement age for the district where he taught. If Ahmad's employer paid the premiums on his disability insurance policy using pre-tax dollars, how does he report the disability benefits reported to him on Form 1099-R

Ahmad must report his disability payments as income.

Explanation:

Disability payments are taxable only if the insurance premium was paid by Ahmad's employer (which happened in this case). If Ahmad had paid the premium himself, then the disability premiums would not be considered income. If the premiums had been paid by both Ahmad and his employer, then only the proportion paid by Ahmad's employer would have been taxed.

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