§ 5036. Direct placement of insurance
(a) Every insured and every self-insurer in this State for whom this is their home state
who procures or causes to be procured or continues or renews insurance from any non-admitted
insurer, covering a subject located or to be performed within this State, other than
insurance procured through a surplus lines broker pursuant to this chapter, shall,
before March 1 of the year after the year in which the insurance was procured, continued
or renewed, file a written report with the Commissioner of Taxes on forms prescribed
and furnished by the Commissioner of Taxes. The report shall show:
(1) the name and address of the insured or insureds;
(2) the name and address of the insurer or insurers;
(3) the subject of the insurance;
(4) a general description of the coverage;
(5) the amount of premium currently charged for it;
(6) such additional pertinent information as may be reasonably requested by the Commissioner
of Taxes.
(b) Any insurance, where this State is the home state of the insured, or for which premium
in whole or in part is remitted directly or indirectly from within this State, shall
be deemed insurance subject to subsection (a) of this section.
(c) A tax at the rate of three percent of the gross amount of premium, less any return
premium, shall be levied upon an insured who procures insurance subject to subsection
(a) of this section. Before March 1 of the year after the year in which the insurance
was procured, continued, or renewed, the insured shall remit to the Commissioner of
Taxes the amount of the tax.
(d) All administrative provisions of 32 V.S.A. chapter 151, including those relating to
the collection and enforcement of the income tax by the Commissioner of Taxes, shall
apply to this section. (Added 1979, No. 50, § 2; amended 1979, No. 197 (Adj. Sess.), § 11; 2011, No. 49, § 10, eff. May 26, 2011; 2019, No. 51, § 38, eff. June 10, 2019; 2019, No. 57, § 13.)