Source: http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/5729
Timestamp: 2017-09-21 03:23:29
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Chapter 5729: FOREIGN INSURANCE COMPANIES
5729.01 Return premiums..
(A) "Return premiums," as used in sections 5729.02 and 5729.03 of the Revised Code, does not include the cash surrender values under policies or contracts of life or endowment insurance.
(B) "Foreign insurance company," as used in sections 5729.02, 5729.05, 5729.11, and 5729.14 of the Revised Code has the same meaning as in division (E) of section 5725.01 of the Revised Code.
Cite as R.C. § 5729.01
5729.02 Annual statements of foreign insurance companies..
Every foreign insurance company shall set forth in its annual statement to the superintendent of insurance the gross amount of premiums received by it from policies covering risks within this state during the preceding calendar year, less return premiums paid for cancellations and considerations received for reinsurance of risks within this state, provided that dividends paid or otherwise allowed to policyholders shall not be deducted except as provided in section 5729.04 of the Revised Code. If the superintendent has reason to suspect the correctness of such statement he may make an examination at the expense of the state of the books of such company or its agents for the purpose of verifying them.
Where insurance against fire is included with insurance against other perils at an undivided premium, a reasonable allocation from such entire premium shall be made for the fire portion of the coverage in such manner as the superintendent of insurance may direct.
Every insurance company incorporated under the laws of this state, and controlled by a foreign affiliate, that claims to be a domestic insurance company, as that term is defined in division (D) of section 5725.01 of the Revised Code, shall set forth in its annual report information from which the superintendent can determine the validity of such claim.
Cite as R.C. § 5729.02
5729.03 Computation and collection of tax..
(A) If the superintendent of insurance finds the annual statement required by section 5729.02 of the Revised Code to be correct, the superintendent shall compute the following amount, as applicable, of the balance of such gross amount, after deducting such return premiums and considerations received for reinsurance, and charge such amount to such company as a tax upon the business done by it in this state for the period covered by such annual statement:
(1) If the company is a health insuring corporation, one per cent of the balance of premium rate payments received, exclusive of payments received under the medicare program and exclusive of payments received pursuant to the medicaid program for the period ending September 30, 2009, as reflected in its annual report;
(2) If the company is not a health insuring corporation, one and four-tenths per cent of the balance of premiums received, exclusive of premiums received under the medicare program and exclusive of payments received pursuant to the medicaid program for the period ending September 30, 2009, as reflected in its annual statement, and, if the company operates a health insuring corporation as a line of business, one per cent of the balance of premium rate payments received from that line of business, exclusive of payments received under the medicare program and exclusive of payments received pursuant to the medicaid program for the period ending September 30, 2009, as reflected in its annual statement.
Each foreign insurance company, including health insuring corporations, receiving payments pursuant to the medicaid program during the period beginning October 1, 2009, and ending December 31, 2009, shall file with the 2009 annual statement to the superintendent a schedule that reflects those payments received pursuant to the medicaid program for that period. The payments reflected in the schedule, plus all other taxable premiums, are subject to the annual franchise tax due to be paid in 2010.
(B) Any insurance policies that were not issued in violation of Title XXXIX of the Revised Code and that were issued prior to April 15, 1967, by a life insurance company organized and operated without profit to any private shareholder or individual, exclusively for the purpose of aiding educational or scientific institutions organized and operated without profit to any private shareholder or individual, are not subject to the tax imposed by this section. All taxes collected pursuant to this section shall be credited to the general revenue fund.
(C) In no case shall the tax imposed under this section be less than two hundred fifty dollars.
Cite as R.C. § 5729.03
5729.031 Credit against imposed tax..
As used in this section, "insurance company" includes any health insuring corporation as defined in section 1751.01 of the Revised Code; "insurance company group" means two or more insurance companies that are owned by a common owner or two or more insurance companies among which one company owns the other company or companies; and with respect to health insuring corporations, "premiums sold" means premium rate payments received. A foreign or domestic insurance company or insurance company group may claim a credit against the tax imposed under section 5725.18 or 5729.03 of the Revised Code. An insurance company group shall compute one credit for the group as a whole, and one or more companies in the group may claim all or a portion of that credit until it is exhausted. The superintendent of insurance may adopt rules for the apportionment of the credit among the members of an insurance company group. The amount of the credit shall equal the amount computed as follows:
(A) Subtract the total dollar amount of all premiums sold in all states by the company, in the case of an individual company, or by the group, in the case of an insurance company group, from seventy-five million dollars;
(B) Divide the result obtained in division (A) of this section by seventy-five million;
(C) Multiply the quotient obtained in division (B) of this section by two hundred thousand.
(D) The product obtained in division (C) of this section shall equal the credit to which an insurance company or an insurance company group is entitled, but the credit shall not reduce the tax liability of any individual company or of any company within an insurance company group below the minimum tax required by division (C) of section 5725.18 or division (C) of section 5729.03 of the Revised Code. If the difference obtained in division (A) of this section is less than or equal to zero, the credit allowed under this section equals zero.
(E) A reduction in the taxes of a foreign insurance company to the extent obtained through a claim for credit under this section does not increase the retaliatory tax liability otherwise charged against that company.
Cite as R.C. § 5729.031
Effective Date: 07-01-1999 .
5729.032 Refundable credit against tax on foreign insurance company..
Upon the issuance of a tax credit certificate by the director of development, a refundable credit granted by the tax credit authority under section 122.17 of the Revised Code may be claimed against the tax imposed by section 5729.03 of the Revised Code. The credit shall be claimed in the calendar year specified in the certificate issued by the director of development.
Cite as R.C. § 5729.032
5729.04 Gross premiums of mutual and stock insurance companies..
To compute franchise taxes on gross premiums to be paid under any law of this state by any mutual insurance company authorized to do business under the laws of this state, or by any stock insurance company so authorized, doing business on the plan of distributing back to its policyholders at the end of the policy year refunds of a portion of the premium collected, the amount of premium deposits received by the company upon any risk written pursuant to section 3925.34 or division (A)(1), (2), (7), or (14) of section 3929.01 of the Revised Code, within this state in excess of the net cost of insurance to the insured shall not be included where the excess deposit is returned ratably by the company to its policyholders; but the amount of gross or aggregate premiums received by the company is deemed the balance remaining after deducting from the gross amount of premium deposits received or collected by it on risks in this state during the preceding calendar year that portion of gross premium deposits returned by it to policyholders during the preceding calendar year, upon the cancellation or expiration of risks upon property situated within this state. In addition to the matters of return required to be made by insurance companies for the purpose of computing taxes, any company shall also return for such purpose in its annual statement:
(A) The gross amount of premium deposits received or collected by it on risks in this state during the preceding calendar year;
(B) The total amount of gross premium deposits returned to policyholders during such preceding calendar year upon cancellation and upon expiration of risks upon property situated within this state.
Where insurance against fire is included with insurance against other perils at an undivided premium, a reasonable allocation from the entire premium shall be made for the fire portion of the coverage in such manner as the superintendent of insurance may direct.
Cite as R.C. § 5729.04
Amended by 130th General Assembly File No. 25, HB 59, §803.260, eff. 9/29/2013, applies to calendar years ending on or after December 31, 2013.
5729.05 Payment of tax - due date - refund..
On or before the fifteenth day of October each year, each foreign insurance company shall pay to the treasurer of state an amount equal to one-half of the previous calendar year's tax, before credits, which was assessed and paid under section 3737.71 of the Revised Code and this chapter. This payment shall be considered as a partial payment of the tax upon the business done in this state during the calendar year in which the payment date provided by this paragraph is contained.
At the time of filing its annual statement, each foreign insurance company shall pay to the treasurer of state the tax assessable under section 3737.71 of the Revised Code and this chapter, calculated by such company from such annual statement. The company may deduct the part of such tax already paid as a partial payment.
The superintendent shall determine the correctness of the reports and statements of insurance companies, compute the annual tax , and, on or before the fifteenth day of May, prepare and furnish to the treasurer of state lists of all taxable companies, showing as to each company the whole amount of the annual tax computed by the superintendent. The treasurer of state, after deducting the tax already paid, shall promptly notify each such company of any amount due, which amount shall be paid by each such company to the treasurer of state by the fifteenth day of June next succeeding. If a company has for any reason overpaid or was illegally or erroneously assessed or charged for collection a larger amount of tax than its annual tax as computed by the superintendent of insurance and an application for refund was timely filed under section 5729.102 of the Revised Code, a refund of the excess amount shall be paid from the tax refund fund created by section 5703.052 of the Revised Code.
Cite as R.C. § 5729.05
Effective Date: 07-01-1985; 03-30-2006 .
5729.06 Retaliatory tax rate..
If the laws of another state, territory, or nation authorize charges for the privilege of doing business therein or taxes against insurance companies organized in this state exceeding the charges provided in sections 5729.01 to 5729.15, inclusive, of the Revised Code, like amounts shall be charged against all insurance companies of such state, territory, or nation doing business in this state, instead of the charges provided by said sections.
Cite as R.C. § 5729.06
5729.07 Eligible employee training costs tax credit..
(A) "Eligible employee" and "eligible training costs" have the same meanings as in section 5733.42 of the Revised Code.
(B) "Credit period" means the calendar year ending on the thirty-first day of December next preceding the day the annual statement is required to be returned under section 5729.02 of the Revised Code.
There is hereby allowed a nonrefundable credit against the tax imposed under this chapter for a foreign insurance company for which a tax credit certificate is issued under section 5733.42 of the Revised Code. The credit may be claimed for credit periods beginning on or after January 1, 2003, and ending on or before December 31, 2007. The amount of the credit for the credit period beginning on January 1, 2003, shall equal one-half of the average of the eligible training costs paid or incurred by the company during calendar years 1998, 1999, and 2000, not to exceed one thousand dollars for each eligible employee on account of whom eligible training costs were paid or incurred by the company. The amount of the credit for the credit period beginning on January 1, 2004, shall equal one-half of the average of the eligible training costs paid or incurred by the company during calendar years 2002, 2003, and 2004, not to exceed one thousand dollars for each eligible employee on account of whom eligible training costs were paid or incurred by the company. The amount of the credit for the credit period beginning on January 1, 2005, shall equal one-half of the average of the eligible training costs paid or incurred by the company during calendar years 2003, 2004, and 2005, not to exceed one thousand dollars for each eligible employee on account of whom eligible training costs were paid or incurred by the company. The amount of the credit for the credit period beginning on January 1, 2006, shall equal one-half of the average of the eligible training costs paid or incurred by the company during calendar years 2004, 2005, and 2006, not to exceed one thousand dollars for each eligible employee on account of whom eligible training costs were paid or incurred by the company. The amount of the credit for the credit period beginning on January 1, 2007, shall equal one-half of the average of the eligible training costs paid or incurred by the company during calendar years 2005, 2006, and 2007, not to exceed one thousand dollars for each eligible employee on account of whom eligible training costs were paid or incurred by the company.
The credit claimed by a company for each credit period shall not exceed one hundred thousand dollars.
A foreign insurance company shall apply to the director of job and family services for a tax credit certificate in the manner prescribed by division (C) of section 5733.42 of the Revised Code. Divisions (C) to (H) of that section govern the tax credit allowed by this section, except that "credit period" shall be substituted for "tax year with respect to a calendar year" wherever that phrase appears in those divisions and that the company shall be considered a taxpayer for the purposes of those divisions.
A foreign insurance company may carry forward the credit allowed under this section to the extent that the credit exceeds the company's tax due for the credit period. The company may carry the excess credit forward for three credit periods following the credit period for which the credit is first claimed under this section. The credit allowed by this section is in addition to any credit allowed under section 5729.031 of the Revised Code.
The reduction in the tax due under this chapter to the extent of the credit allowed by this section does not increase the amount of the tax otherwise due under section 5729.06 of the Revised Code.
Cite as R.C. § 5729.07
Effective Date: 06-06-2001; 11-22-2005; 2006 HB699 03-29-2007 .
5729.08 Issuance of tax credits by Ohio venture capital authority..
Upon the issuance of a tax credit certificate by the Ohio venture capital authority under section 150.07 of the Revised Code, a refundable credit may be claimed against the tax imposed on a foreign insurance company under section 5729.03 of the Revised Code. The credit shall be claimed in the calendar year specified in the certificate issued by the authority.
Cite as R.C. § 5729.08
Effective Date: 09-26-2003; 06-30-2005; 06-05-2006 .
5729.09 Annual report required of chief officer..
The superintendent of insurance, annually and at such other times as he sees fit, shall require the president or other chief officer of each company or association to file a statement under oath showing the names of each fire insurance company or association with whom or for whom liability for insurance on property located wholly or partially in this state has been reinsured, disposed of, ceded, pooled, divided, or in any manner reduced or increased.
Cite as R.C. § 5729.09
5729.10 Revocation of license for failure to pay tax or make report - action to recover taxes - report on ceasing to do business..
If a company fails to pay the tax levied by section 5729.03 of the Revised Code, or to make any partial payment thereof as required by law after a statement thereof has been made and mailed to it, or if the annual statement required by law to be made by it is false or incorrect, the superintendent of insurance may revoke the license of such company doing business in this state. Upon failure to pay the tax or to make partial payment thereof according to law, the superintendent shall certify that fact to the attorney general, who shall thereupon begin an action against the company in the court of common pleas of Franklin county, or any other county he elects, to recover the amount of the tax. If such company ceases to do business in this state, it shall thereupon make a report to the superintendent of the gross amount of premiums not theretofore reported as provided in section 5729.02 or 5729.04 of the Revised Code received by it from policies covering risks within this state prior to such discontinuance of business, after deducting return premiums and considerations received for reinsurance not theretofore so reported, and shall forthwith pay to the superintendent a like per cent of tax thereon.
Cite as R.C. § 5729.10
5729.101 Late returns - computation and accrual of interest..
For the purposes of this section, interest shall be computed at a rate per calendar month, rounded to the nearest one-hundredth of one per cent, equal to one-twelfth of the rate per annum prescribed by section 5703.47 of the Revised Code for the calendar year that includes the month for which the interest accrues.
(A) When taxes levied by this chapter or by section 3737.71 of the Revised Code are assessed as the result of a tax return being filed late, the treasurer of state shall add interest to the taxes due. The interest shall accrue from the first day of the month following the last day on which the taxes were required to be paid had the assessment been certified by the date prescribed, to the last day of the month preceding the date on which the assessment was certified, and shall be computed on the basis of the taxes due.
(B) If an assessment has been certified pursuant to this chapter and an amended or final assessment is certified for the same taxpayer and the same tax year, the treasurer of state shall add interest to the deficiency or excess. The interest shall be computed on the excess or deficiency and shall accrue as follows:
(1) On a deficiency, interest shall accrue from the first day of the month following the last day on which the previous assessment was required to be paid to the last day of the month preceding the date on which the amended or final assessment is certified.
(2) On an excess, interest shall be allowed from the first day of the month following the date of payment of the previous assessment to the last day of the month preceding the date on which the amended or final assessment is certified.
Cite as R.C. § 5729.101
Effective Date: 03-30-2006 .
5729.102 Application for refund - assessment of deficiency..
(A) An application to refund to a foreign insurance company any taxes imposed by section 3737.71 of the Revised Code or this chapter that are overpaid, paid illegally or erroneously, or paid on any illegal, erroneous, or excessive assessment, with interest thereon as provided by section 5729.101 of the Revised Code, shall be filed with the superintendent of insurance, on the form prescribed by the superintendent, within three years after the date of the illegal, erroneous, or excessive payment of the tax. No refund shall be allowed unless an application has been filed in accordance with this section. The time limit imposed under this division may be extended if both the foreign insurance company and the superintendent of insurance agree in writing to the extension.
(B) Except as otherwise provided in this division, the superintendent may make an assessment against a foreign insurance company for any deficiency for the period for which a report, tax return, or tax payment is due for any taxes imposed by section 3737.71 of the Revised Code or this chapter, based on any information in the superintendent's possession. No assessment shall be made against a foreign insurance company more than three years after the later of the final date the report, tax return, or tax payment subject to the assessment was required to be filed or paid, or the date the report or tax return was filed, provided that there shall be no bar if the foreign insurance company failed to file the required report or tax return or if the deficiency results from fraud or any felonious act. The time limit may be extended if both the foreign insurance company and the superintendent agree in writing to the extension. For the purposes of this division, an assessment is made on the date the notification of the assessment is sent by the department of insurance or the date of an invoice for the assessment from the treasurer of state, whichever is earlier.
Cite as R.C. § 5729.102
5729.11 Penalty for nonpayment of taxes..
If any foreign insurance company refuses to pay the tax levied by section 5729.03 of the Revised Code upon demand being made therefor, it shall be liable to the state at the suit of the attorney general to a penalty of not more than five hundred dollars per month for each month it has failed, after demand therefor, to pay the tax. Service of process in such action shall be made according to the requirements of law governing suits brought against such companies by a policyholder therein.
Cite as R.C. § 5729.11
5729.12 Inspection of books by superintendent of insurance..
When notice of a violation of sections 5729.07 to 5729.09, inclusive, and section 5729.13 of the Revised Code, is received by the superintendent of insurance, he shall forthwith visit the office of the company where such contract of insurance has been written or made and demand an inspection of the books and records thereof. Any company refusing to exhibit its books and records for his inspection shall be guilty of violating said sections, and the penalties provided by law shall forthwith be enforced against such company by the superintendent.
Cite as R.C. § 5729.12
5729.13 Revocation of right to do business..
Any company which violates sections 5729.07 to 5729.09, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall, upon notice and satisfactory proof being made to the superintendent of insurance, have its authority to transact business in this state revoked for a period of not less than ninety days. Any insurance company whose license to do business in this state is revoked pursuant to this section shall not be again permitted to do business in this state until all taxes and penalties due from it have been paid, together with any expense that may be due under sections 5729.01 to 5729.15, inclusive, of the Revised Code. Such company shall only be readmitted to transact business in this state upon a complete recompliance with the laws in regard to the admission of such company.
Cite as R.C. § 5729.13
5729.14 Right to deny admission to companies which violate laws..
When a foreign insurance company applies to the superintendent of insurance for admission to do business in this state, it shall not be admitted until it has paid all taxes and penalties assessed against it for the violation of the laws relating to insurance. If such foreign company has been reported to the superintendent as having violated any of the laws of this state relating to insurance, he shall make an examination of the books and records of the company seeking admission, and before granting a license to do business in this state, he shall require it to pay to the treasurer of state a penalty equal to twenty per cent of all premiums written in this state for the six years next preceding the date of request for admission, and upon which such taxes have not already been paid.
Cite as R.C. § 5729.14
5729.15 Expenses of inspection to be paid by company..
The superintendent of insurance shall receive his necessary expenses as compensation for services rendered under sections 5729.01 to 5729.15, inclusive, of the Revised Code. Such sum shall be charged against the companies examined by him, and be collected by suit in any court of competent jurisdiction.
Cite as R.C. § 5729.15
5729.16 Nonrefundable credit for foreign insurance company holding a qualified equity investment..
(A) Terms used in this section have the same meaning as in section 5725.33 of the Revised Code.
(B) There is hereby allowed a nonrefundable credit against the tax imposed by section 5729.03 or 5729.06 of the Revised Code for a foreign insurance company holding a qualified equity investment on the credit allowance date occurring in the calendar year for which the tax is due. The credit shall be computed in the same manner prescribed for the computation of credits allowed under section 5725.33 of the Revised Code.
The credit shall be claimed in the order prescribed by section 5729.98 of the Revised Code. If the amount of the credit exceeds the amount of tax otherwise due after deducting all other credits in that order, the excess may be carried forward and applied to the tax due for not more than four ensuing years.
By claiming a tax credit under this section, an insurance company waives its rights under section 5729.102 of the Revised Code with respect to the time limitation for the assessment of taxes as it relates to credits claimed that later become subject to recapture under division (D) of this section.
(C) The total amount of qualified equity investments on the basis of which credits may be claimed under this section, section 5725.33, and section 5733.58 of the Revised Code is subject to the limitation of division (C) of section 5725.33 of the Revised Code.
(D) If any amount of a federal tax credit allowed for a qualified equity investment for which a credit was received under this section is recaptured under section 45D of the Internal Revenue Code, or if the director of development services determines that an investment for which a tax credit is claimed under this section is not a qualified equity investment or that the proceeds of an investment for which a tax credit is claimed under this section are used to make qualified low-income community investments other than in a qualified active low-income community business in this state, all or a portion of the credit received on account of that investment shall be paid by the insurance company that received the credit to the superintendent of insurance. The amount to be recovered shall be determined by the director of development services pursuant to rules adopted under section 5725.33 of the Revised Code. The director shall certify any amount due under this division to the superintendent of insurance, and the superintendent shall notify the treasurer of state of the amount due. Upon notification, the treasurer shall invoice the insurance company for the amount due. The amount due is payable not later than thirty days after the date the treasurer invoices the insurance company. The amount due shall be considered to be tax due under section 5729.03 or 5729.06 of the Revised Code, as applicable, and may be collected by assessment without regard to the time limitations imposed under section 5729.102 of the Revised Code for the assessment of taxes by the superintendent. All amounts collected under this division shall be credited as revenue from the tax levied under section 5729.03 of the Revised Code.
Cite as R.C. § 5729.16
5729.17 Tax credit for insurer that owns a rehabilitation tax credit certificate..
(A) As used in this section, "certificate owner" has the same meaning as in section 149.311 of the Revised Code.
(B) There is allowed a credit against the tax imposed by section 5729.03 of the Revised Code for an insurance company subject to that tax that is a certificate owner of a rehabilitation tax credit certificate issued under section 149.311 of the Revised Code. The credit shall equal twenty-five per cent of the dollar amount indicated on the certificate, but the amount of the credit allowed for any company for any year shall not exceed five million dollars. The credit shall be claimed in the calendar year specified in the certificate and in the order required under section 5729.98 of the Revised Code. If the credit exceeds the amount of tax otherwise due in that year, the excess shall be refunded to the company but, if any amount of the credit is refunded, the sum of the amount refunded and the amount applied to reduce the tax otherwise due in that year shall not exceed three million dollars. The company may carry forward any balance of the credit in excess of the amount claimed in that year for not more than five ensuing years, and shall deduct any amount claimed in any such year from the amount claimed in an ensuing year.
(C) An insurance company claiming a credit under this section shall retain the rehabilitation tax credit certificate for four years following the end of the year in which the credit was claimed, and shall make the certificate available for inspection by the tax commissioner upon the request of the tax commissioner during that period.
Cite as R.C. § 5729.17
5729.98 Order of claims for tax credits and offsets..
(A) To provide a uniform procedure for calculating the amount of tax due under this chapter, a taxpayer shall claim any credits and offsets against tax liability to which it is entitled in the following order:
(1) The credit for an insurance company or insurance company group under section 5729.031 of the Revised Code;
(2) The credit for eligible employee training costs under section 5729.07 of the Revised Code;
(4) The nonrefundable job retention credit under division (B) of section 122.171 of the Revised Code;
(5) The offset of assessments by the Ohio life and health insurance guaranty association against tax liability permitted by section 3956.20 of the Revised Code;
(6) The refundable credit for rehabilitating a historic building under section 5729.17 of the Revised Code.
(7) The refundable credit for Ohio job retention under former division (B)(2) or (3) of section 122.171 of the Revised Code as those divisions existed before the effective date of the amendment of this section by H.B. 64 of the 131st general assembly;
(8) The refundable credit for Ohio job creation under section 5729.032 of the Revised Code;
(9) The refundable credit under section 5729.08 of the Revised Code for losses on loans made under the Ohio venture capital program under sections 150.01 to 150.10 of the Revised Code.
(B) For any credit except the refundable credits enumerated in this section, the amount of the credit for a taxable year shall not exceed the tax due after allowing for any other credit that precedes it in the order required under this section. Any excess amount of a particular credit may be carried forward if authorized under the section creating that credit. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to allow a taxpayer to claim, directly or indirectly, a credit more than once for a taxable year.
Cite as R.C. § 5729.98
Amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.3, HB 58, §1, eff. 3/7/2011.
Effective Date: 06-05-2006 .