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The property of each corporation or joint stock company (whether organized under the laws of this state or any other state or country) shall be assessed and taxed as that of a person; and the laws, providing for the assessment and collection of taxes on the property of persons, shall apply to the assessment and collection of taxes on the property of corporations and joint stock companies. All shares or certificates of stock issued by any such corporation or joint stock company shall be exempt from taxation and shall not be returned for assessment. The president, secretary or other officer of the same shall render, under oath, the tax list, in its name, of its property, real or personal or both, subject to taxation, to the assessor at the same time that persons are required to render their assessments of their property. Its land and tangible personal property shall be appraised at true value and assessed and taxed where situated on the first day of January of the year; and the accounts, notes, bonds, shares or certificates of stock, bank deposits, rights, money or other intangible property subject to taxation owned by a corporation or joint stock company organized under the laws of this state shall be assessed and taxed at its domicile; but any such intangible personal property, which would be exempt from taxation according to law, if owned by a person shall be exempt from taxation when owned by a corporation or joint stock company and shall not be returned for assessment. Such intangible personal property owned by a corporation or joint stock company organized under the laws of any state or country other than Mississippi shall be exempt from taxation and shall not be returned for assessment. This section shall not apply to persons, firms or corporations assessed by the state railroad assessors or domestic insurance companies; but the shares or certificates of stock issued by a railroad, sleeping car, express, telephone or telegraph company or a freight car line or a railroad equipment company or a domestic insurance company shall be exempt from taxation in the hands of the stockholder and shall not be returned for taxation by such stockholder.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Mississippi Code Title 27. Taxation and Finance § 27-35-31 - last updated January 01, 2023 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ms/title-27-taxation-and-finance/ms-code-sect-27-35-31/
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