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Business Taxes Law Guide—Revision 2024

Tax on Insurers Law

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Insurance Taxation

I. Provisions Applicable to All Insurers

II. Ocean Marine Insurers

III. Insurers Other Than Ocean Marine



I. Provisions Applicable to All Insurers

action to recover taxes overpaid … 13102–13113

action to enjoin collection forbidden … 13101

assignee may not maintain … 13108

Attorney General to defend … 13103

disposition of judgment for plaintiff … 13106

interest … 13107

limitation upon … 13103, … 13105

procedure in … 13102–13105

service of complaint and summons … 13108

assessment

correction, application by taxpayer for … 12428, … 12429

increase or decrease of assessment … 12430

notice of corrections … 12435

correction of duplicate and illegal assessments … 12951, … 12952

manner of making … 12411–12414, … 12421, … 12423

notice of … 12413

service of notice … 12427

time for making … 12424, … 12431

board, defined … 12006

commissioner, defined … 12007

controller, defined … 12008

deficiency

board, by … 12424

date due … 12632–12635

determination of correct amount … 12421

estimated where no return filed … 12423

interest … 12631–12636.5

interest; daily basis … 12631.5

notice of … 12427, … 12435

offset of overpayments … 12426

payment to controller … 12601

penalty … 12631–12636

petition for redetermination … 12428–12431

proposed … 12422

definitions … 12001–12009

disposition of proceeds … 13151–13153

electronic funds transfer … 12602

erroneous refund by controller … 12691

insurer, defined … 12003

insurer that has a corporate affiliate that is a health care service plan or health plan, defined; gross premiums tax rate … 12202.2

lien of tax … 12491, … 12493

discharge, how effected … 12494

effect of … 12493, … 12495

time of attachment of … 12492

life insurance agent, disclosure of tax … 12210

"Medi-Cal managed care plan" defined … 12009

misdemeanor to transact business for company suspended for nonpayment of … 12832–12834

payment and collection of tax … 13151, … 13152

accounting and disposition of payments … 13151, … 13152

controller, payable to … 12305, … 12601

credit for overpaid taxes … 12977–12984

delinquent, time tax becomes … 12301

action to collect … 12676

attachment … 12680

evidentiary effect of record of assessments … 12681, … 12834

payment of judgment … 12682

procedure in … 12677–12679

service of summons … 12677, … 12679

time for … 12676

venue … 12676

due date … 12301

penalty and interest … 12631–12637

revocation of certificate of authority … 12801–12803

effect of … 12832

tax credit … 12206, … 12208, … 12209

tax return … 12302–12305

time extension … 12306, … 12307

time for payment … 12301, … 12632–12635

State Compensation Insurance Fund … 13153

person defined … 28

taxes, defined … 12005


II. Ocean Marine Insurers

current calendar year, defined … 12072

definitions … 12071–12078

expenses incurred, defined … 12076

general expenses, defined … 12078

losses incurred, defined … 12075

marine insurer, defined … 12004

net earned premiums, defined … 12074

ocean marine insurance, defined … 12002

rate and base of tax … 12101–12105

participating policies, insurers issuing … 12106

reports required of insurance commissioner … 12411

reports required of insurers … 12302–12306

failure to file, procedure and penalty … 12423, … 12424

specific expenses, defined … 12077

underwriting profit, defined … 12073


III. Insurers Other Than Ocean Marine

in lieu of all other taxes and licenses, except … 12204

interest; daily basis … 12631.5

"Medi-Cal managed care plan" defined … 12009

"Total operating revenue" defined … 12241

"Total operating revenue" as basis of tax … 12240

"Total operating revenue" exemption … 12243

prepayments

amounts due, notification … 12252

amounts of prepayment, computation … 12254

credit on annual tax … 12256

computation of amount of prepayment … 12254

extension for prepayment … 12255

interest … 12258

notification, amounts due … 12252

overpayment … 12257

penalty … 12258

prepayments … 12251

relief from penalty … 12260

remittance … 12253

State Compensation Insurance Fund … 12259

rate and base of tax … 12201–12241, … 12251–12258

rate of tax; insurer that has a corporate affiliate that is a health care service plan or health plan … 12202.2

insurers not transacting title insurance business … 12221, … 12222

annuity fund payments … 12222

insurers transacting title insurance business … 12202, … 12231–12233

deductions permitted … 12241

reports required of insurance commissioner … 12411

reports required of insurers … 12302–12306

failure to file, procedure and penalty … 12423

State Compensation Insurance Fund, tax upon … 12203, … 13153

insurer included as … 12003

taxed equally with like funds of private insurers … 12203