Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 8 Sec. 3718

  • 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.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See

§ 3718. Annuity considerations

Insurers shall be subject to taxation according to the provisions of Title 32; provided, however, that no tax shall be due or payable as to considerations received for annuity contracts. Payment by an insurer of the tax as in Title 32 required shall be in lieu of all taxes imposed by the State upon premiums or upon income, and of franchise, privilege or other taxes measured by income of the insurer. The provisions of this section shall not be modified or repealed by any law of general application hereafter enacted unless expressly referred to or expressly repealed therein. (Added 1967, No. 344 (Adj. Sess.), § 1 (ch. 2, subch. 1, § 18).)