Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 27 - Personnel
Part 210 - PERS, Regulations for Retirement Plans Administered by the Board of Trustees
Chapter 35 - Filing an Application for Monthly Benefits and Establishing an Effective Date of Retirement
Section 27-210-35-107 - Duty-related death benefits for survivors of public safety officers may be excluded from income
Current through September 24, 2024
Internal Revenue Code Section 101(h) provides that gross income shall not include any amount paid as a survivor annuity on account of the death of a public safety officer (as such term is defined in section 1204 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968) killed in the line of duty:
a. if such annuity is provided under a governmental plan that meets the requirements of Section 401(a) to the spouse (or a former spouse) of the public safety officer or to a child of such officer; and
b. to the extent such annuity is attributable to such officer's service as a public safety officer.
IRC 101(h) provides that this treatment does not apply if the public safety officer's death was caused by intentional misconduct or by his or her intent to end his or her life; if the officer was voluntarily intoxicated at the time of death; if the officer was performing his duties in a grossly negligent manner at the time of death; or if the recipient of the survivor annuity took actions that were a substantial contributing factor to the officer's death.
