MEC stands for Modified Endowment Contract. The Internal Revenue Code was revised in 1988 to state that if a policy was over-funded (at the time of issue or later), it was a MEC. Any distribution indicating a gain from the policy would be taxed. The seven-pay test was created to limit the amount of premiums that can be paid for MEC testing over a seven-year period.

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