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2021 Tennessee Code
Title 56 - Insurance
Chapter 4 - Fees and Taxes
Part 2 - Taxes
§ 56-4-215. Foreign Companies — Tax Upon Business in Force Upon Ceasing to Transact New Business — Failure to Pay Tax, Penalty — Condition to Obtain or Renew License
Universal Citation: TN Code § 56-4-215 (2021)
- A foreign insurance company that takes out or renews a license to transact business in this state shall, upon the expiration of their license for any cause, or upon their ceasing to transact new business in this state, continue to pay the same tax upon its business remaining in force in this state, and in like manner and at like times as other duly licensed insurance companies of the same class are required to pay by any current law in force at that time.
- Such foreign companies that fail to pay the taxes required of them by this section, within sixty (60) days after the taxes are due, shall be liable for a penalty of fifty percent (50%) in addition to the taxes, recoverable at law or in equity.
- Compliance with this section shall be a condition upon which any foreign insurance company shall be authorized to obtain or renew a license, and the acceptance of these terms or conditions shall be conclusively presumed from the taking out or the renewing of the license.
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