Credits

1. The principal office ad valorem tax credit shall be used as a credit against the premium tax liability for the calendar year in which the ad valorem tax was paid. Any unused credit may be carried over as a credit against the premium tax liability for the following calendar years but not beyond 1985. North Dakota Century Code section 26.1-03-17 requires that the credit be prorated on a quarterly basis. Credit shall be used for each quarter and shall be fully reconciled, along with the premium tax, as of the end of each calendar year, on or before March first of the subsequent year. 2. The examination credit shall be used as a credit against the premium tax liability for the quarter in which expense was paid and the succeeding three quarters. The credit is limited to expenses incurred and paid to the North Dakota department of insurance. North Dakota Century Code section 26.1-03-17 requires that the credit be prorated on a quarterly basis. The credit shall be reconciled along with the premium tax as of the end of each calendar year, on or before March first of the subsequent year. 3. The credit taken for assessments paid to the comprehensive health association of North Dakota shall be taken in the calendar year in which paid and any remaining credit used as completely as possible in each succeeding year. Credit cannot be taken for any assessments paid prior to March 21, 1983. 4. The credit for assessments paid to the North Dakota life and health insurance guaranty association shall be twenty percent of the amount of the assessment for each of the five calendar years following the year in which the assessment was paid. 5. Credit may be taken in the following year for miscalculations resulting in an overpayment in a preceding reconciliation submitted with the March first payment. 6. The credit for assessments paid to the reinsurance association of North Dakota must be taken in the calendar year in which paid. If the credit exceeds the premium tax liability the excess is not eligible to be carried over to subsequent years.