A. The license tax on a company commencing business in the Commonwealth shall be paid to the Department before the license is issued. If a payment is made in an amount subsequently found to be in error, the Department shall, if an additional amount is due, notify the taxpayer of the additional amount due and the company shall pay such amount within 30 days of the date of the notice, and, if an overpayment is made, issue a refund as provided for in § 58.1-2505.
B. No license to transact the business of insurance shall be issued by the Commission for less than a year except to a company when it first commences business in the Commonwealth, in which case the initial license shall be issued for that part of the year from the date of the issuance of the license to June 30 following.
Code 1950, §§ 58-487, 58-489; 1952, c. 190; 1968, c. 13; 1978, c. 4; 1984, c. 675; 2011, c. 850; 2013, cc. 29, 163.
Structure Code of Virginia
Chapter 25 - License Tax on Certain Insurance Companies
§ 58.1-2501. Levy of license tax
§ 58.1-2501.1. Premium tax; travel insurance
§ 58.1-2502. Exemptions and exclusions
§ 58.1-2504. Companies commencing business
§ 58.1-2505. Amount of license tax for company commencing business
§ 58.1-2506. Reports to the Department
§ 58.1-2508. Taxes applicable to insurance companies
§ 58.1-2509. Certain other provisions not affected by chapter
§ 58.1-2510. Tax credit for retaliatory costs paid to other states
§ 58.1-2520. Requirement of declaration
§ 58.1-2521. Time for filing declarations of estimated tax
§ 58.1-2522. Amendments to declaration
§ 58.1-2523. Payment of estimated tax
§ 58.1-2524. Payments are on account of tax for license year
§ 58.1-2525. Extensions of time
§ 58.1-2526. Where declarations filed and how payments made; refunding overpayments
§ 58.1-2527. Failure to pay estimated tax
§ 58.1-2528. Exception to § 58.1-2527
§ 58.1-2530. Double taxation respecting same direct gross premium income negated
§ 58.1-2531. Distribution of certain revenue