RS 22:270 Taxes and tax base
§270. Taxes and tax base
A. In lieu of the state income tax and the corporate franchise tax levied in Title 47 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, every health maintenance organization authorized and certified to engage in the business of issuing contracts or other evidences or similar forms of coverage to enrollees for health care services or prepaid medical services in this state, including Louisiana partnerships authorized under R.S. 22:244(B), shall pay an annual license tax on the gross amount of its receipts from contracts and other evidences of coverage at the same rate as the license tax on life insurance companies provided in R.S. 22:842 and R.S. 22:844.
B. The license taxes levied under this Section shall be paid to the commissioner at Baton Rouge and shall be remitted on a quarterly basis by the same procedure as established under R.S. 22:845. The tax payment shall be accompanied by a license tax form supplied by the commissioner and completed in full by the health maintenance organizations. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as relieving any insurer from paying to the commissioner the fees otherwise required for qualifying to do business, or for the renewal thereof.
C. Taxes due hereunder shall be paid in advance based on writings of the previous calendar year computed on the same base as provided for in R.S. 22:843.
D. The tax credit provided pursuant to R.S. 22:832 shall apply the same for health maintenance organizations as for insurance companies.
E. The provisions of R.S. 22:846 shall apply in the event a health maintenance organization fails to pay a license tax required by this Section.
F. The commissioner of insurance shall follow the provisions of R.S. 22:795 regarding the maintenance of books and records and the disposition of collections.
Acts 1986, No. 1065, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 22:2025 by Acts 2008, No. 415, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2009, No. 503, §1.