West Virginia Code 33-21-13 – Fees and taxes
(a) The attorney for each reciprocal insurer shall pay on behalf of such insurer all fees and taxes prescribed by this chapter for other insurers transacting like kinds of insurance, except that the amount of the premium tax shall be computed upon the gross premiums on business transacted in this state less premiums returnable because of cancellation and less amounts returned to subscribers or credited to their accounts as savings.
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 33-21-13
- Attorney: as used in this article , refers to the attorney- in-fact of a reciprocal insurer, and such attorney may be an individual, firm or corporation. See West Virginia Code 33-21-5
- State: when applied to a part of the United States and not restricted by the context, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" also include the said district and territories. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
(b) In addition such attorney shall pay annually on behalf of such reciprocal insurer the fire marshal's tax provided by section twenty-four, article three, chapter twenty-nine of this code, to the extent such tax is applicable to the kinds of insurance transacted in this state by such reciprocal insurer.
(c) No reciprocal insurer shall be liable for any taxes except those described in this section and property taxes upon real and personal property, unless reciprocal insurers be specifically mentioned in the law imposing such taxes.