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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>87222</law_id><section_number>58.1-2508</section_number><catch_line>Taxes applicable to insurance companies</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>58.1-3815</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="58.1">Taxation</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Taxes Administered by Other Agencies</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="25">License Tax on Certain Insurance Companies</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">Levy</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The real estate and tangible personal property, situated or located in the Commonwealth, of every such <span class="dictionary">company</span> and every fraternal benefit society transacting insurance in the Commonwealth shall be listed and assessed on the land and property books of the commissioner of the revenue in the same manner as other real estate and tangible personal property are assessed, and shall be taxed at the same rates as other like property is taxed. <a id="paragraph-312342" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2508/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The license <span class="dictionary">tax</span> provided in this chapter, the <span class="dictionary">tax</span> on real estate and tangible personal property provided for in subsection A, the fee assessed by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> for the administration of the insurance <span class="dictionary">laws</span> pursuant to Chapter 4 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Expense of administration of insurance laws borne by licensees; minimum contribution" href="/38.2-400/">38.2-400</a> et seq.) of Title 38.2, the fee assessed by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> for the Fire Programs Fund pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="(Effective July 1, 2026) Fire Programs Fund" href="/38.2-401/">38.2-401</a>, the fee assessed by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> for the Dam Safety, Flood Prevention and Protection Assistance Fund pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Dam Safety, Flood Prevention and Protection Assistance Fund assessment" href="/38.2-401.1/">38.2-401.1</a>, the fee assessed by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> to fund the program to reduce losses from motor vehicle thefts pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Assessments to fund program to reduce losses from motor vehicle thefts" href="/38.2-414/">38.2-414</a>, the fee assessed by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> to fund the program to reduce losses from insurance <span class="dictionary">fraud</span> pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Assessment to fund program to reduce losses from insurance fraud" href="/38.2-415/">38.2-415</a>, and the retaliatory amounts assessed by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Retaliatory provisions as to taxes, fees, deposits and other requirements" href="/38.2-1026/">38.2-1026</a> shall be in lieu of all fees, licenses, taxes and levies whatsoever, state, county, city or town; however, nothing in this section shall be construed to exempt insurance companies from the <span class="dictionary">tax</span> levied in Chapter 6 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Short title" href="/58.1-600/">58.1-600</a> et seq.) of this title. No additional fee or license <span class="dictionary">tax</span> shall be applicable to an agent of an <span class="dictionary">insurance company</span> other than the annual license fee on agents required pursuant to Article 3 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Application for license; fee required; fingerprints" href="/38.2-1819/">38.2-1819</a> et seq.) of Chapter 18 of Title 38.2. <a id="paragraph-312343" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2508/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 58-499, 58-500; 1952, c. 190; 1984, c. 675; 1985, c. 545; 1992, c. 678; 1996, c. 22; 1998, c. 590; 2001, c. 706; 2006, cc. 648, 765; 2011, c. 850.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
