§ 46-76. Excise tax on insurers.  


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  • There is hereby assessed, imposed, and levied on every insurance company, corporation, or other insurer now engaged in or carrying on, or which shall hereafter engage in or carry on, the business of insuring with respect to casualty risks, as shown by the records of the insurance commissioner of the state, an excise or license tax in addition to any license or excise tax levied by the city which shall be in the amount of 0.85 percent of the gross amount of receipts of premiums from policyholders on all premiums collected on casualty insurance policies within the corporate limits of the city. The license or excise tax so levied shall be due and payable annually on March 1 of each year. In the case of multiple peril policies with a single premium for both property and casualty coverage in such policies, 30 percent of such premium shall be used as the basis for the 0.85 percent tax.

(Code 1985, § 35.03; Ord. No. 90-34, § 1, 4-2-91)