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Introduction

Wondering what will happen to your flourishing business when the ?keyman? being either you or your director or sales person or any other person who contributes significantly to your business is no longer there?

Certain employees with specialised skills, foresight and business acumen bring greater revenues, profits, and brand-value to the organisation. Therefore, the sudden exit of these key individuals (for whatever reasons) can have a manifold negative impact on the organisation. Simply put, ?keyman insurance? is a corporate-owned life insurance cover on key person/persons in a firm such as directors, key sales people, key project managers or any person holding substantial responsibility and contributing significantly to profits of that organisation.

Cover for the top

  1. Keyman insurance is a corporate owned life insurance cover on key person/persons ? directors, key sales people, key project managers or any person holding substantial responsibility and contributing significantly to profits of that organisation
  2. The Income Tax Act defines a keyman insurance as a life insurance policy taken by a person on the life of a present/former employee or on the life of any other person who is connected in any manner with the business of such person

Who could be the Keyman
Generally a keyman could be a CEO, CIO, Chairman, MD, Directors or a key management person. But as there are several such one-man run companies across the world and there it?s vital for companies to cover the single most important employee to hedge against any financial loss due to death of this keyman.

What could be the cover
The maximum sum assured under keyman insurance for a corporate is based on the company average net profit/average gross profit. A multiple of the individual?s remuneration is also considered.

This is how keyman insurance works

A company purchases a life insurance policy on a certain employee holding key responsibilities, pays the premiums and is the beneficiary of the policy. If that person unexpectedly dies, the company receives the insurance payoff. A keyman insurance policy helps the company survive the blow of losing people who make business happen.

The Income Tax Act specifically defines a keyman insurance policy as a life insurance policy taken by any person on the life of a present/former employee or on the life of any other person who is connected in any manner with the business of such person.

Tax in the hands of the employer

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) clarifies that the premium paid by a company on taking keyman insurance policy is a deductible business expenditure for the company.

Further, the term income as defined under the Act specifically includes within its ambit ?any sum received under a keyman insurance policy including any sum allocated as bonus.? The amount received by the company paying the keyman insurance premium on claim or maturity of policy, including the sum allocated by way of bonus on such policy, is taxable in the hands of such company as business profits. The amount received on account of a keyman insurance policy is not exempt under Section 10(10D) of the Act which exempts from tax any sum received under a life insurance policy other than, among other things, a keyman insurance policy.

Tax in the hands of the employee

The company also has the option to assign/endorse the insurance policy in favour of the key employee (keyman) who has been insured under the keyman insurance policy. If such an assignment happens when the keyman is an employee of the company or at the time of retirement, the surrender value of the policy at the time of assignment is taxable in the hands of the keyman as ?profits in lieu of salary? and taxable at the applicable tax rate. The maximum marginal rate of tax in the hands of individuals is 33.99%.

Where no employer-employee relationship exists at the time of assignment, such surrender value or any other payment is taxable as ?income from other sources? in the hands of the keyman. The tax incidence is the same as above.

The CBDT circular, which provides guidelines in respect of taxability of amount received under Keyman insurance policy, does not however provide any guidance on the tax implications in the hands of the keyman when he finally receives money from the company.

Income is taxable in the hands of the keyman at the time of assignment of the policy in his favour by the company. It is a strong case that once the policy is assigned to the keyman, it loses the character of the keyman insurance policy and any amount ultimately received by such individual on maturity of such policies should not be taxable in his hands and should be exempt under Section 10(10D) of the Act.

Example: Company A decides to take a keyman insurance policy on the life of Able, a key sales person aged 30, with the maturity value of Rs 10,00,000. The company pays the premium for 30 years and assigns the policy to Mr Able at the time of his retirement when he is 60 and the surrender value of the policy is Rs 6,00,000. In this case, Rs 6,00,000 shall be taxable in the hands of Mr Able at the time of assignment as ?profits in lieu of salary? and if Mr Able continues the policy, the maturity value of Rs 10,00,000 received at the time of his death shall be exempt under Section 10 (10D). Although keyman insurance does not provide for indemnification of actual loss incurred on loss of a keyman as it only provides benefits as per the plan of insurance selected, it is still a good tool for liquidity.

Benefits of Keyman Insurance
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) clarifies that the premium paid by a company on taking keyman insurance policy is a deductible business expenditure for the company.

  1. Total deduction of premia U/S 37{1}.
  2. Stop premia payment after 11yrs and assignment after 15yrs leaves a small total cash value.
  3. On assignment total cash value is taxed.
  4. After assignment the death benefit becomes tax free U/S 10{10} D.
  5. No premias to be paid after assignment as the policy is paid by the bonus.

Shariah-compliant MF a hit with other communities too

The only Shariah-compliant mutual fund operating in India currently is the Tata Select Mutual Fund. This fund was instituted with an objective to provide medium to long-term capital gains and abstains from sectors such as liquor, tobacco, consumer goods, finance and banking, as well as other investments in interest-bearing securities.

The fact that the fund abstains from prohibited sectors has touched a chord with other religious communities, including the Jains. It also helps that Tata Select has given 40% annual returns to its shareholders since the fund’s inception in 1996. Ved Prakash Chaturvedi, Tata Mutual Fund’s Managing Director, however, says it is a mere coincidence that the fund’s holdings also appear to be Shariah-compliant.

”It’s too early for the mutual fund industry to think in terms of socially responsible funds that are quite popular in the West,” he says. “I do not think there is adequate awareness or demand for socially responsible funds in India just as yet.”

India’s mutual fund industry has around 35 companies, which manage a corpus of Rs 3,41,378 crore. There is currently no fund that bills itself as an ethical fund in the universe of mutual funds in India. Ethical funds, dozens of which are marketed in many developed markets, follow socially responsible investment strategies and stay away from stocks of those companies that manufacture tobacco, liquor and even defence equipment.

Shariah-compliant funds gain momentum in India

Mumbai: No investing in a company whose debt is at least one-fourth its assets. No investing in a company that makes or sells alcohol, pork or tobacco. No investing in a company that charges interest on the financial services it offers. No investing in a company whose interest income exceeds 3% of its total revenues.

These are a few of the tenets that a Shariah-compliant mutual fund follows. The Shariah is a code of Islamic law that regulates the conduct of human beings in their individual and collective lives, and Shariah-compliant mutual funds are fast gaining acceptance in India.

Rising demand for such funds has fund houses and even insurance companies lining up for a piece of the action. Case in point: Taurus Asset Management Co. Ltd, Benchmark Mutual Fund and Tata AIG Life Insurance Co. Ltd. Taurus Ethical Fund, which complies with the Shariah, collected at least Rs5 crore during its new fund offer period.

These funds are open to anyone who stands by the philosophy behind the Shariah, and follow the tenets of Islamic economic law. They don’t invest in companies involved in gambling and nightclub activities either.

Standard and Poor’s has also launched two major indices in the Indian market—S&P CNX 500 Shariah and S&P CNX Nifty Shariah.
Experts say investors who are keen on investing based on their personal beliefs or want to make socially responsible investments are opting for these funds, especially because returns on investment don’t seem to be compromised despite the restrictions the Shariah imposes.
Mohit Mirchandani, equities head of Taurus, says: “We looked at how the Shariah index in India has done from February 2006 to December 2008. The broader indices lost about 35%, and the Shariah indices also lost about 35%. So these indices are moving together.”
The global size of this market is estimated at $1 trillion (around Rs50 trillion), and this segment is expected to grow at 10-15% annually. Experts are specially optimistic about the scope of this segment in the country, and expect more fund houses to develop their own Shariah-compliant funds over the short and medium terms.

Sr.No.Industry Name % of Net Assets
1Cash & Cash Receivables76.1
2Industrial Capital Goods12.66
3Software3.79
4Construction Project3.58
5Construction3.2
6Industrial Products0.67
 Total100
 
Type of Scheme
Launch Date
Fund Objective
 Fund Investment Strategy
Asset Allocation
Liquidity
Options Available
Load Structure
Minimum Application Amount
An open-ended equity fund
April 9, 1996
The investment objective of the scheme will be to provide income distribution  and/or medium to long term capital gains while at all times emphasising the  importance of capital appreciation.
The investments would be primarily in equities of select group of companies in  infrastructure, Petrochemicals, Engineering, Chemicals, Power Generation/  Distribution, Automobiles, Steel, cement, Oil and Gas, Refineries,  Tele- communications, Fertilizer, Space, Transport, Construction, Electronics  and Electricals, Dyes, Explosives, Paints, paper, Agrochemicals,  Biochemicals, Textiles, Compressors and various other allied manufacturing  industries etc. The fund continues its policy of non-investment in prohibited  sectors like Liquor, Tobacco, Consumer Goods, Finance and Banking and  other investments in Interest Bearing Securities.
Instrument MinimumLikely AroundMaximum Upto Risk Profile
Equity & Equity Related Listed100100High
Equity & Equity Related Unlisted5Low to Medium
Total :100
NAV calculation on all business days.
Growth & Dividend
Entry Load:
For each Investment amount less than Rs. 2 Crores: 2.25%
For each Investment amount greater than or equal to Rs. 2 Crore:
Nil
No entry load will be charged on investment made by fund of fund scheme
Exit Load:
For each Investment amount less than Rs. 2 Crores: 1.00% if redeemed on or before expiry of 6 months from the date of allotment
For each Investment amount greater than or equal to Rs. 2 Crore:
Nil
Rs.5,000/- and in multiples of Re.1/- thereafter.
Details
  1. MWPA formulated in 1874
  2. Related specifically to Insurance policies to protect the Intrest of the Spouse and Children.
  3. Policy under the Act, is free from any type of Encumberences in any situation.
  4. The policy is a asset (TRUST) for the spouse and/ or  the Children.
  5. Cannot be attached in case of insolvency or default by any creditors.
  6. The proposer has NO RIGHTS on the policy and it is a deemed asset in the name of the wife.
  7. The only way the policy can be attached is thru an act of parliament which can NEVER happen.
Process
  1. On contracting the objective of Insurance should state – Policy under MWPA- 1874
  2. NO Nomination to be filled. A separate form under Section 6 of MWPA should be filled.
  3. Nomination can be Wife or Wife and Children or Children only.
  4. All other benefits of IT (80 c and 10 ( 10 D) apply.
Eg: TELGI- Took a policy under MWPA and now though he is arrested and property attatched, his family enjoys same life style by surrender cash value of the policy.

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