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Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 208. Business Tax § 208.1235

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Sec. 235. (1) Except as otherwise provided under subsection (4), each insurance company shall pay a tax determined under this chapter.

(2) The tax imposed by this chapter on each insurance company shall be a tax equal to 1.25% of gross direct premiums written on property or risk located or residing in this state. Direct premiums do not include any of the following:

(a) Premiums on policies not taken.

(b) Returned premiums on canceled policies.

(c) Receipts from the sale of annuities.

(d) Receipts on reinsurance premiums if the tax has been paid on the original premiums.

(e) The first $190,000,000.00 of disability insurance premiums written in this state, other than credit insurance and disability income insurance premiums, of each insurance company subject to tax under this chapter. This exemption shall be reduced by $2.00 for each $1.00 by which the insurance company's gross direct premiums from insurance carrier services in this state and outside this state exceed $280,000,000.00.

(3) The tax calculated under this chapter is in lieu of all other privilege or franchise fees or taxes imposed by this act or any other law of this state, except taxes on real and personal property, taxes collected under the general sales tax act, 1933 PA 167, MCL 205.1 to 205.78, and taxes collected under the use tax act, 1937 PA 94, MCL 205.91 to 205.111, and except as otherwise provided in the insurance code of 1956, 1956 PA 218, MCL 500.100 to 500.8302.

(4) The tax imposed and levied under this act does not apply to an insurance company authorized under chapter 46 or 47 of the insurance code of 1956, 1956 PA 218, MCL 500.4601 to 500.4673, and MCL 500.4701 to 500.4747.

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