2016 Mississippi Code
Title 83 - Insurance
Chapter 37 - Burial Associations
§ 83-37-17. Premium taxes

MS Code § 83-37-17 (2016) What's This?

(1) Those burial associations operating under the provisions of Section 83-37-11 shall not be required to pay any premium taxes.

(2) Those burial associations incorporated under the provisions of Section 83-37-15 shall be required to pay premium taxes as follows:

(a) Such foreign burial insurance companies and associations of every kind and description writing burial insurance contracts under the provisions of Section 83-37-15 shall be required to pay an annual premium tax of three percent (3%) of the gross amount of premium receipts received from and on burial insurance contracts written in or covering risks located in this state.

(b) Such domestic burial insurance companies and associations of every kind and description writing burial insurance contracts under the provisions of Section 83-37-15 shall be required to pay an annual premium tax of one half (1/2) of the amount hereinabove levied upon foreign burial insurance companies and associations.

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