2017 Arkansas Code
Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries
Subtitle 3 - Insurance
Chapter 65 - Unauthorized Insurers and Surplus Lines
Subchapter 3 - Surplus Lines Insurance Law
§ 23-65-315. Tax on brokers

Universal Citation: AR Code § 23-65-315 (2017)
  • (a) No later than sixty (60) days following the end of the month in which surplus lines insurance was procured, the surplus lines broker shall remit to the Treasurer of State through the Insurance Commissioner a tax of four percent (4%) on the direct premiums written, less return premiums and exclusive of sums collected to cover state or federal taxes, on surplus lines insurance subject to tax transacted by the surplus lines broker during the preceding months as shown by his or her affidavit filed with the commissioner for the privilege of transacting business as a surplus lines broker in this state.
  • (b) The commissioner may participate in a multistate agreement or enter into a compact for the purpose of reporting, collecting, and apportioning surplus lines insurance premium taxes.
  • (c) If a surplus lines insurance policy covers risks or exposures only partially in this state and the commissioner has entered into an agreement with other states for the apportionment of premium taxes for multistate risks, the tax payable by the surplus lines broker shall be computed and paid on the proportion of the premium that is properly allocable to the risks or exposures located in this state according to the terms of the agreement.
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