Each company required to pay a tax under this chapter is exempt from all other taxes, state and local, except taxes upon real property as may be owned by the company and the retail sales tax and the use tax on tangible personal property and any product transferred electronically. An insurance policy or annuity contract is considered intangible personal property for the purposes of this section.

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Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 10-44-8

  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Personal property: includes money, goods, chattels, things in action, and evidences of debt. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.

Source: SL 1951, ch 456, § 5; SDC Supp 1960, § 57.35A05; SL 1983, ch 356, § 7; SL 1992, ch 80, § 209; SL 2008, ch 51, § 69.