Bill Text: MI HB5457 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Chaptered
Bill Title: Michigan business tax; insurance companies; credit for certain amounts paid that are attributable to the assigned claims plan; exclude. Amends sec. 237 of 2007 PA 36 (MCL 208.1237).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-07-13 - Assigned Pa 277'16 With Immediate Effect [HB5457 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2015-HB5457-Chaptered.html
Act No. 277
Public Acts of 2016
Approved by the Governor
June 29, 2016
Filed with the Secretary of State
July 1, 2016
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2016
STATE OF MICHIGAN
98TH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2016
Introduced by Reps. Bumstead, Pscholka and Poleski
ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5457
AN ACT to amend 2007 PA 36, entitled “An act to meet deficiencies in state funds by providing for the imposition, levy, computation, collection, assessment, reporting, payment, and enforcement of taxes on certain commercial, business, and financial activities; to prescribe the powers and duties of public officers and state departments; to provide for the inspection of certain taxpayer records; to provide for interest and penalties; to provide exemptions, credits, and refunds; to provide for the disposition of funds; to provide for the interrelation of this act with other acts; and to make appropriations,” by amending section 237 (MCL 208.1237).
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 237. (1) Except as otherwise provided under subsection (3), an insurance company may claim a credit against the tax imposed under this chapter in the following amounts:
(a) Amounts paid to the Michigan worker’s compensation placement facility pursuant to chapter 23 of the insurance code of 1956, 1956 PA 218, MCL 500.2301 to 500.2352.
(b) Amounts paid to the Michigan basic property insurance association pursuant to chapter 29 of the insurance code of 1956, 1956 PA 218, MCL 500.2901 to 500.2954.
(c) Amounts paid to the Michigan automobile insurance placement facility pursuant to chapter 33 of the insurance code of 1956, 1956 PA 218, MCL 500.3301 to 500.3390.
(d) Amounts paid to the property and casualty guaranty association pursuant to chapter 79 of the insurance code of 1956, 1956 PA 218, MCL 500.7901 to 500.7949.
(e) Amounts paid to the Michigan life and health insurance guaranty association pursuant to chapter 77 of the insurance code of 1956, 1956 PA 218, MCL 500.7701 to 500.7780.
(2) The assessments of an insurance company from the immediately preceding tax year shall be used in calculating the credits allowed under this section for each tax year.
(3) For the 2016 tax year only, an insurance company shall only include in the calculation of a credit under this section 35% of the amounts paid to the Michigan automobile insurance placement facility that are attributable to the assigned claims plan approved under chapter 31 of the insurance code of 1956, 1956 PA 218, MCL 500.3101 to 500.3179.For tax years beginning on and after January 1, 2017, an insurance company shall not include in the calculation of a credit under this section amounts paid to the Michigan automobile insurance placement facility that are attributable to the assigned claims plan approved under chapter 31 of the insurance code of 1956, 1956 PA 218, MCL 500.3101 to 500.3179.
This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Secretary of the Senate
Approved
Governor
