§8-47. Present worth of annuities


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  • Whenever it is necessary to establish the present worth or cash value of an annuity to a person, payable annually during the person's life, such present worth or cash value may be ascertained by the use of the following table in connection with the mortality tables established by law, the first column representing the number of years the annuity is to run and the second column representing the present cash value of an annuity of one dollar for such number of years, respectively:

    No. of Years Annuity                                          Cash Value of the Annuity

    is to Run                                                                   of $1

                                      1            ...............................................              $ 0.943

                                      2            ...............................................                 1.833

                                      3            ...............................................                 2.673

                                      4            ...............................................                 3.465

                                      5            ...............................................                 4.212

                                      6            ...............................................                 4.917

                                      7            ...............................................                 5.582

                                      8            ...............................................                 6.210

                                      9            ...............................................                 6.802

                                    10            ...............................................                 7.360

                                    11            ...............................................                 7.887

                                    12            ...............................................                 8.384

                                    13            ...............................................                 8.853

                                    14            ...............................................                 9.295

                                    15            ...............................................                 9.712

                                    16            ...............................................               10.106

                                    17            ...............................................               10.477

                                    18            ...............................................               10.828

                                    19            ...............................................               11.158

                                    20            ...............................................               11.470

                                    21            ...............................................               11.764

                                    22            ...............................................               12.042

                                    23            ...............................................               12.303

                                    24            ...............................................               12.550

                                    25            ...............................................               12.783

                                    26            ...............................................               13.003

                                    27            ...............................................               13.211

                                    28            ...............................................               13.406

                                    29            ...............................................               13.591

                                    30            ...............................................               13.765

                                    31            ...............................................               13.929

                                    32            ...............................................               14.084

                                    33            ...............................................               14.230

                                    34            ...............................................               14.368

                                    35            ...............................................               14.498

                                    36            ...............................................               14.621

                                    37            ...............................................               14.737

                                    38            ...............................................               14.846

                                    39            ...............................................               14.949

                                    40            ...............................................               15.046

                                    41            ...............................................               15.138

                                    42            ...............................................               15.225

                                    43            ...............................................               15.306

                                    44            ...............................................               15.383

                                    45            ...............................................               15.456

                                    46            ...............................................               15.524

                                    47            ...............................................               15.589

                                    48            ...............................................               15.650

                                    49            ...............................................               15.708

                                    50            ...............................................               15.762

                                    51            ...............................................               15.813

                                    52            ...............................................               15.861

                                    53            ...............................................               15.907

                                    54            ...............................................               15.950

                                    55            ...............................................               15.991

                                    56            ...............................................               16.029

                                    57            ...............................................               16.065

                                    58            ...............................................               16.099

                                    59            ...............................................               16.131

                                    60            ...............................................               16.161

                                    61            ...............................................               16.190

                                    62            ...............................................               16.217

                                    63            ...............................................               16.242

                                    64            ...............................................               16.266

                                    65            ...............................................               16.289

                                    66            ...............................................               16.310

                                    67            ...............................................               16.331

    The present cash value of the annuity for a fraction of a year may be ascertained as follows: Multiply the difference between the cash value of the annuities for the preceding and succeeding full years by the fraction of the year in decimals and add the sum to the present cash value for the preceding full year. When a person is entitled to the use of a sum of money for life, or for a given time, the interest thereon for one year, computed at four and one half percent (4 1/2%), may be considered as an annuity and the present cash value be ascertained as herein provided: Provided, the interest rate in computing the present cash value of a life interest in land shall be six percent (6%).

    Whenever the mortality tables set out in G.S. 8-46 are admissible in evidence in any action or proceeding to establish the expectancy of continued life of any person from any period of the person's life, whether the person is living at the time or not, the annuity tables herein set forth shall be evidence, but not conclusive, of the loss of income during the period of life expectancy of the person.

(1905, c. 347; Rev., s. 1627; C.S., s. 1791; 1927, c. 215; 1943, c. 543; 1957, c. 497; 1959, c. 879, s. 3; 1965, c. 991; 1997-133, s. 2.)