Premium taxes and other taxes on premiums paid for coverage of risks resident or located in this State by a purchasing group or any members of the purchasing group are imposed and must be paid as follows:

(1) If the insurer is an admitted insurer, taxes are imposed on the insurer at the same rate and in the same manner and subject to the same procedures, interest, and penalties as that applicable to premium taxes and other taxes imposed on other admitted liability insurers relative to coverage of risks resident or located in this State.

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Terms Used In South Carolina Code 38-87-100

  • Admitted insurer: means an insurer licensed to do business in this State. See South Carolina Code 38-1-20
  • Insurer: includes a corporation, fraternal organization, burial association, other association, partnership, society, order, individual, or aggregation of individuals engaging or proposing or attempting to engage as principals in any kind of insurance or surety business, including the exchanging of reciprocal or interinsurance contracts between individuals, partnerships, and corporations. See South Carolina Code 38-1-20
  • Premium: means payment given in consideration of a contract of insurance. See South Carolina Code 38-1-20

(2) If the insurer is an approved nonadmitted surplus lines insurer, taxes are imposed on the licensed broker who effected coverage on risks resident or located in this State at the same rate and in the same manner and subject to the same procedures, interest, and penalties as that applicable to taxes imposed on other licensed brokers effecting coverage with approved nonadmitted surplus lines insurers on risks resident or located in this State.

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