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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 31.06.04.02" title_num="31" subtitle_num="06" chapter_num="04" heading="Declaration of Estimated Tax and Quarterly Payments.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Each taxpayer subject to premium tax under Insurance Article, §6-101, Annotated Code of Maryland, shall declare an estimated annual tax if the taxpayer’s total tax for the current tax year is reasonably expected to exceed $1,000.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The declaration of estimated annual tax shall be:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Filed with the Insurance Administration, on a form or in a manner approved by the Commissioner, on or before April 15 of the tax year; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A reasonable estimate of the expected annual tax liability for that year.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The taxpayer shall pay to the Insurance Administration at least 25 percent of the estimated annual tax liability at the time the declaration of annual tax is filed, on or before April 15 of the tax year.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Thereafter, the taxpayer shall file a quarterly payment report with the Insurance Administration, on a form or in a manner approved by the Commissioner, and pay to the Insurance Administration at least 25 percent of the estimated annual tax each quarter, on or before June 15, September 15, and December 15 of the tax year.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>A reasonable estimate of the annual tax shall be either:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>100 percent of premium tax liability for the prior year as shown on the prior year's Final Report on the line stating “Premium Tax Due — Entire Calendar Year”; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>90 percent of the amount of the current year tax liability.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>