Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/2013/cite/297I.05
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﻿ Sec. 297I.05 MN Statutes
Section 297I.05
297I.01 297I.06
2017 Subd. 2 Amended 2017 c 1 art 14 s 13
2017 Subd. 12 Amended 2017 c 2 art 2 s 14
2014 Subd. 14 Amended 2014 c 308 art 9 s 80
2013 Subd. 7 Amended 2013 c 143 art 16 s 6
2013 Subd. 11 Amended 2013 c 143 art 16 s 7
2013 Subd. 12 Amended 2013 c 143 art 16 s 8
2011 Subd. 7 Amended 2011 c 7 art 8 s 10
2011 Subd. 9 Repealed 2011 c 7 art 8 s 14
2011 Subd. 10 Repealed 2011 c 7 art 8 s 14
2011 Subd. 12 Amended 2011 c 7 art 8 s 11
2010 Subd. 7 Amended 2010 c 389 art 6 s 10
2008 Subd. 12 Amended 2008 c 366 art 14 s 8
2006 Subd. 6 Repealed 2006 c 217 s 1
2005 Subd. 4 Amended 2005 c 3 art 6 s 18
2005 Subd. 5 Amended 2005 c 151 art 8 s 17
2005 Subd. 14 New 2005 c 3 art 6 s 19
2002 Subd. 11 Amended 2002 c 377 art 10 s 25
2002 Subd. 12 Amended 2002 c 379 art 1 s 70
2001 Subd. 5 Amended 2001 c 5 art 14 s 8
2001 Subd. 8 Repealed 2001 c 5 art 13 s 15
2000 297I.05 New 2000 c 394 art 1 s 2
297I.05 TAX IMPOSED.
Subdivision 1.Domestic and foreign companies.
Except as otherwise provided in this section, a tax is imposed on every domestic and foreign insurance company. The rate of tax is equal to two percent of all gross premiums less return premiums on all direct business received by the insurer or agents of the insurer in Minnesota, in cash or otherwise, during the year.
Subd. 2.Town and farmers' mutual insurance.
A tax is imposed on town and farmers' mutual insurance companies. The rate of tax is equal to one percent of gross premiums less return premiums on all direct business received by the insurer or agents of the insurer in Minnesota, in cash or otherwise, during the year.
Subd. 3.Mutual property and casualty companies with assets of $5,000,000 or less at the end of the calendar year.
A tax is imposed on mutual property and casualty companies with assets of $5,000,000 or less at the end of the calendar year. The rate of tax is equal to one percent of gross premiums less return premiums on all direct business received by the insurer or agents of the insurer in Minnesota, in cash or otherwise, during the year.
Subd. 4.Mutual property and casualty companies with total assets less than $1,600,000,000 on December 31, 1989.
(1) mutual insurance companies that sell both property and casualty insurance that had total assets greater than $5,000,000 at the end of the calendar year but that had total assets less than $1,600,000,000 on December 31, 1989; and
(2) a mutual insurance company created pursuant to Laws 1983, chapter 287, article 2, that sells only casualty insurance.
The rate of tax is equal to 1.26 percent of gross premiums less return premiums on all direct business received by the insurer or agents of the insurer in Minnesota, in cash or otherwise, during the year.
Subd. 5.Health maintenance organizations, nonprofit health service plan corporations, and community integrated service networks.
(b) The commissioner shall deposit all revenues, including penalties and interest, collected under this chapter from health maintenance organizations, community integrated service networks, and nonprofit health service plan corporations in the health care access fund. Refunds of overpayments of tax imposed by this subdivision must be paid from the health care access fund. There is annually appropriated from the health care access fund to the commissioner the amount necessary to make any refunds of the tax imposed under this subdivision.
MS 2006 [Repealed, 2006 c 217 s 4,5]
Subd. 7.Nonadmitted insurance premium tax.
(a) A tax is imposed on surplus lines brokers. The rate of tax is equal to three percent of the gross premiums less return premiums paid by an insured whose home state is Minnesota.
(b) A tax is imposed on a person, firm, corporation, or purchasing group as defined in section 60E.02, or any member of a purchasing group, that procures insurance directly from a nonadmitted insurer. The rate of tax is equal to two percent of the gross premiums less return premiums paid by an insured whose home state is Minnesota.
(c) No state other than the home state of an insured may require any premium tax payment for nonadmitted insurance. When Minnesota is the home state of the insured, as provided under section 297I.01, 100 percent of the gross premiums are taxable in Minnesota with no allocation of the tax to other states.
[Repealed, 1Sp2001 c 5 art 13 s 15]
[Repealed, 1Sp2011 c 7 art 8 s 14]
Subd. 11.Retaliatory provisions.
(a) If any other state or country imposes any taxes, fines, deposits, penalties, licenses, or fees upon any insurance companies of this state and their agents doing business in another state or country that are in addition to or in excess of those imposed by the laws of this state upon foreign insurance companies and their agents doing business in this state, the same taxes, fines, deposits, penalties, licenses, and fees are imposed upon every similar insurance company of that state or country and their agents doing or applying to do business in this state.
(b) If any conditions precedent to the right to do business in any other state or country are imposed by the laws of that state or country, beyond those imposed upon foreign companies by the laws of this state, the same conditions precedent are imposed upon every similar insurance company of that state or country and their agents doing or applying to do business in that state.
(c) For purposes of this subdivision, "taxes, fines, deposits, penalties, licenses, or fees" means an amount of money that is deposited in the general revenue fund of the state or other similar fund in another state or country and is not dedicated to a special purpose or use or money deposited in the general revenue fund of the state or other similar fund in another state or country and appropriated to the commissioner of commerce or insurance for the operation of the Department of Commerce or other similar agency with jurisdiction over insurance. Taxes, fines, deposits, penalties, licenses, or fees do not include:
(1) special purpose obligations or assessments imposed in connection with particular kinds of insurance, including but not limited to assessments imposed in connection with residual market mechanisms; or
(2) assessments made by the insurance guaranty association, life and health guarantee association, or similar association.
(d) This subdivision applies to taxes imposed under subdivisions 1; 3; 4; 12, paragraph (a), clauses (1) and (2); and 14.
(e) This subdivision does not apply to insurance companies organized or domiciled in a state or country, the laws of which do not impose retaliatory taxes, fines, deposits, penalties, licenses, or fees or which grant, on a reciprocal basis, exemptions from retaliatory taxes, fines, deposits, penalties, licenses, or fees to insurance companies domiciled in this state.
Subd. 12.Other entities.
(c) A tax is imposed on a joint self-insurance plan operating under chapter 62H. The rate of tax is equal to two percent of the total amount of claims paid during the fund's fiscal year, with no deduction for claims wholly or partially reimbursed through stop-loss insurance.
Subd. 13.Funds deposited into general fund.
Unless otherwise specified in this chapter, all amounts collected by the commissioner under this chapter must be deposited in the general fund.
Subd. 14.Life insurance.
A tax is imposed on life insurance. The rate of tax equals a percentage of gross premiums less return premiums on all direct business received by the insurer or agents of the insurer in Minnesota for life insurance, in cash or otherwise, during the year. For premiums received after December 31, 2005, but before January 1, 2007, the rate of tax is 1.875 percent. For premiums received after December 31, 2006, but before January 1, 2008, the rate of tax is 1.75 percent. For premiums received after December 31, 2007, but before January 1, 2009, the rate of tax is 1.625 percent. For premiums received after December 31, 2008, the rate of tax is 1.5 percent.
2000 c 394 art 1 s 2; 2000 c 490 art 13 s 20; 1Sp2001 c 5 art 14 s 8; 2002 c 377 art 10 s 25; 2002 c 379 art 1 s 70; 2005 c 151 art 8 s 17; 1Sp2005 c 3 art 6 s 18,19; 2008 c 366 art 14 s 8; 2010 c 389 art 6 s 10; 1Sp2011 c 7 art 8 s 10,11; 2013 c 143 art 16 s 6-8