Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 731 § 731.824 — Tax on
Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 731 ·
Oregon Code § 731.824·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
Tax on
underwriting profits of wet marine and transportation insurers.
(1) Wet marine and transportation
insurance written by authorized foreign or alien insurers within this state
shall be taxed only on that proportion of the total underwriting profit of the
authorized insurer from wet marine and transportation insurance written within
the United States that the gross premiums of the authorized insurer from wet
marine and transportation insurance written within this state bear to the gross
premiums of the authorized insurer from wet marine and transportation insurance
written within the United States.
(2) The underwriting
profit, for purposes of this section, is arrived at by deducting from the net
earned premiums on wet marine and transportation insurance policies written
within the United States during the calendar year:
(a) The losses
incurred; and
(b) Expenses
incurred, including all taxes, state and federal, in connection with net earned
premiums.
(3) The amount of
net earned premiums on wet marine and transportation insurance policies
written during the calendar year is the sum of paragraphs (a) and (b) of this
subsection less paragraph (c) of this subsection:
(a) Gross
premiums on wet marine and transportation insurance policies written during the
calendar year, less any and all return premiums, any and all premiums on
policies not taken and any and all premiums paid for reinsurance.
(b) Unearned
premiums on outstanding marine business at the end of the preceding calendar
year.
(c) Unearned
premiums on outstanding marine business at the end of the current calendar
year.
(4) Losses
incurred, as used in this section, means gross losses incurred during the
calendar year under policies written within the United States, less reinsurance
claims collected or collectible and salvages or recoveries collectible from any
source applicable to the losses.
(5) Expenses
incurred includes:
(a) Specific
expenses incurred on earned wet marine and transportation insurance premiums,
consisting of all commissions, agency expenses, taxes, licenses, fees,
loss-adjustment expenses, and all other expenses incurred directly and
specifically in connection with the premiums, less recoveries or reimbursements
on account of or in connection with commissions or other expenses collected or
collectible because of reinsurance or from any other source.
(b) General
expenses incurred on earned premiums, consisting of that proportion of general
or overhead expenses, such as salaries of officers and employees, printing and
stationery, all taxes of this state and of the United States, except as
otherwise provided in this section, and all other expenses not chargeable
specifically to a particular class of insurance, that the net premiums of
insurance written bear to the total net premiums written by an authorized
insurer from all classes of insurance written by the authorized insurer during
the current calendar year. However, in arriving at the underwriting profit
for purposes of taxation under this section there may not be deducted in
respect to expenses incurred, as defined and specified in this subsection,
amounts that, in the aggregate, exceed 40 percent of the gross premiums on the
insurance policies. [Formerly 745.145; 2019 c. 493 §1]
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Key Points
01Part of Oregon statutory law
02Referenced as Oregon Code § 731.824
03Subject to legislative amendments
04Consult a licensed attorney for application to specific cases
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