Michigan Department of Treasury 4588 (Rev. 04-22), Page 1 of 2 2022 Insurance Company Annual Return for Check if this is an amended return. Michigan Business and Retaliatory Taxes See instructions. Issued under authority of Public Act 36 of 2007. 1. Taxpayer Name 2. Federal Employer Identification Number (FEIN) or TR Number Address (Number, Street) Check if new address. 3. Check if Foreign Insurer (See instructions) City State ZIP/Postal Code Country Code 4. State of Incorporation (use 2 letter abbreviation) DIRECT PREMIUMS WRITTEN IN MICHIGAN 5. Gross direct premiums written in Michigan............................................................................................................. 5. 00 6. Premiums on policies not taken....................................................................... 6. 00 7. Returned premiums on canceled policies........................................................ 7. 00 8. Receipts on sales of annuities ......................................................................... 8. 00 9. Receipts on reinsurance assumed .................................................................. 9. 00 10. Add lines 6 through 9.............................................................................................................................................. 10. 00 11. Direct Premiums Written in Michigan. Subtract line 10 from line 5. If less than zero, enter zero ..................... 11. 00 DISABILITY INSURANCE EXEMPTION 12. Disability insurance premiums written in Michigan, not including credit or disability income insurance, OR $190,000,000, whichever is less .................................................................................................................... 12. 00 13. Gross direct premiums from all lines of insurance carrier services received everywhere .................................................................................... 13. 00 14. Phase out ...................................................................................................... 14. 280,000,000 00 15. Subtract line 14 from line 13. If less than zero, enter zero ........................... 15. 00 16. Exemption reduction. Multiply line 15 by 2 ............................................................................................................. 16. 00 17. Subtract line 16 from line 12. If less than zero, enter zero ..................................................................................... 17. 00 18. Adjusted Tax Base. Subtract line 17 from line 11 ................................................................................................... 18. 00 19. Michigan Business Tax Before Credits. Multiply line 18 by 1.25% (0.0125) ...................................................... 19. 00 CREDITS 20. Enter amounts paid from 1/1/2021 to 12/31/2021 to each of the following a. Michigan Workers’ Compensation Placement Facility .............................. 20a. 00 b. Michigan Basic Property Insurance Association ....................................... 20b. 00 c. Michigan Automobile Insurance Placement Facility ................................. 20c. 00 d. Property and Casualty Guaranty Association ........................................... 20d. 00 e. Michigan Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association ...................... 20e. 00 21. Add lines 20a through 20e...................................................................................................................................... 21. 00 22. a. Michigan Examination Fees ..................................................................... 22a. 00 b. Credit. Multiply line 22a by 50% (0.50) .............................................................................................................. 22b. 00 23. Tax Before Miscellaneous Nonrefundable Credits. Subtract lines 21 and 22b from line 19 ............................. 23. 00 24. Miscellaneous Nonrefundable Credits from Form 4596, line 28............................................................................. 24. 00 25. Michigan Business Tax After Nonrefundable Credits. Subtract line 24 from line 23. If less than zero, enter ..zero25. 00 26. Recapture of Certain Business Tax Credits and Deductions from Form 4587, line 13 ........................................... 26. 00 27. Total Michigan Business Tax. Add lines 25 and 26 ............................................................................................ 27. 00 28. Corporate Income Tax Adjustment from Form 4974, line 20 .................................................................................. 28. 00 29. Tax Liability. Add lines 27 and 28.......................................................................................................................... 29. 00 Return is due March 1, 2023. WITHOUT PAYMENT: Mail return to: WITH PAYMENT: Pay amount on line 58 and mail check and return to: Michigan Department of Treasury Michigan Department of Treasury Make check payable to “State of Michigan.” Print taxpayer’s PO Box 30783 PO Box 30113 FEIN or TR Number, the tax year, and “MBT” on the front of Lansing MI 48909 Lansing MI 48909 the check. Do not staple the check to the return. + 0000 2022 83 01 27 0 Continue and sign on Page 2 |
2022 Form 4588, Page 2 of 2 FEIN or TR Number Foreign and alien insurers complete lines 30 through 46. Domestic insurers, go to line 47. Use column A to report burdens that would be imposed by the taxpayer’s state of incorporation on a hypothetical Michigan company doing the same business in that state. Use column B to report actual burdens imposed by Michigan on the taxpayer. TAXES A — State of Incorporation B — Michigan 30. State of incorporation tax....................................................................... 30. X X X X X X X X 31. Tax Liability from line 29 ........................................................................ 31. X X X X X X X X FEES AND ASSESSMENTS 32. Annual statement filing fee .................................................................... 32. X X X X X X X X 33. Certificate of Authority renewal fee ........................................................ 33. X X X X X X X X 34. Certificate of Compliance ...................................................................... 34. X X X X X X X X 35. Certificate of Deposit ............................................................................. 35. X X X X X X X X 36. Certificate of Valuation ........................................................................... 36. X X X X X X X X 37. Other fees. Include a detailed schedule of fees ................................... 37. 38. Fire Marshall Tax ................................................................................... 38. X X X X X X X X 39. Second Injury Fund ............................................................................... 39. 40. Silicosis and Dust Disease Fund ........................................................... 40. 41. Safety Education and Training Fund ..................................................... 41. 42. Other assessments. Include a detailed schedule of assessments ....... 42. TOTAL 43. Add lines 30 through 42 ............................................................................. 43. 44. Accelerated and Certificated Refundable Credits (see instructions) ..... 44. X X X X X X X X 45. Total Taxes, Fees and Assessments. Subtract line 44 from line 43 ....... 45. 46. Retaliatory Amount. Subtract line 45, column B, from column A. If less than zero, enter zero............................... 46. 00 47. Total MBT Tax Liability. Add lines 29 and 46. Domestic insurers, enter amount from line 29 ............................. 47. 00 PAYMENTS, REFUNDABLE CREDITS AND TAX DUE 48. Overpayment credited from prior MBT return ......................................................................................................... 48. 00 49. Estimated tax payments ......................................................................................................................................... 49. 00 50. There is no amount to be entered on this line. Skip to line 51................................................................................ 50. X X X X X X X X 00 51. Tax paid with request for extension ........................................................................................................................ 51. 00 52. Refundable Credits (see instructions) .................................................................................................................... 52. 00 53. Total Payments. Add lines 48 through 52. (If not amending, then skip to line 55.) ................................................ 53. 00 AMENDED a. Payments made with original and/or prior amended returns . 54a. 00 54. RETURN b. Overpayments from original and/or prior amended returns .. 54b. 00 ONLY c. Add lines 53 and 54a and subtract line 54b from the sum ... .................................................... 54c. 00 55. TAX DUE. Subtract line 53 (or line 54c, if amending) from line 47. If less than zero, leave blank ......................... 55. 00 56. Underpaid estimate penalty and interest from Form 4582, line 38. ........................................................................ 56. 00 57. Annual return penalty (a) % = (b) 00 plus interest of (c) 00 . Total ....... 57d. 00 58. PAYMENT DUE. If line 55 is blank, go to line 59. Otherwise add lines 55, 56 and 57d ......................................... 58. 00 OVERPAYMENT, REFUND OR CREDIT FORWARD 59. Overpayment. Subtract lines 47, 56 and 57d from line 53 (or line 54c, if amending). If less than zero, leave blank (see instructions)..................................................................................................... 59. 00 60. CREDIT FORWARD. Amount on line 59 to be credited forward and used as an estimate for next MBT tax year .... 60. 00 61. REFUND. Amount on line 59 to be refunded.......................................................................................................... 61. 00 Taxpayer Certification. I declare under penalty of perjury that the information in Preparer Certification. I declare under penalty of perjury that this this return and attachments is true and complete to the best of my knowledge. return is based on all information of which I have any knowledge. Preparer’s PTIN, FEIN or SSN By checking this box, I authorize Treasury to discuss my return with my preparer. Authorized Signature for Tax Matters Preparer’s Business Name (print or type) Authorized Signer’s Name (print or type) Date Preparer’s Business Address and Telephone Number (print or type) Title Telephone Number + 0000 2022 83 02 27 8 |
Instructions for Form 4588 Insurance Company Annual Return for Michigan Business and Retaliatory Taxes Do not enter data in boxes filled with Xs. Purpose To calculate the tax liability and to claim credits for insurance Line 1: Enter the complete address and, if other than the United States, enter the two-digit abbreviation for the country companies for both Michigan Business and Retaliatory Taxes. code. See the list of country codes in the Michigan Business NOTE: Beginning January 1, 2012, only those taxpayers with Tax (MBT) Forms and Instructions for Insurance Companies a certificated credit, which is awarded but not yet fully claimed (Form 4592). or utilized, may elect to be Michigan Business Tax (MBT) Any correspondence regarding the return filed and/or refund taxpayers. If a taxpayer files an MBT return and claims a will be sent to the address used here. Check the new address certificated credit, the taxpayer makes the election to file box if the address used on this line has changed from the last and pay under the MBT until the certificated credit and any filing. The taxpayer’s primary address in the Department of carryforward of that credit are exhausted. Treasury (Treasury) files, identified as the legal address and General Instructions used for all purposes other than refund and correspondence MBT Liability: Beginning January 1, 2012, a taxpayer on a specific MBT return, will not change until the customer calculates MBT liability as the greater of MBT liability after specifically makes the change on their Michigan Treasury all credits, deductions, and exemptions or hypothetical CIT Online michigan.gov/mtobusiness (MTO) account. Visit for liability minus deductions and credits available under that act more . information and minus certificated credits allowed under the MBT. This Line 2: Use the taxpayer’s Federal Employer Identification calculation of liability requires a taxpayer to calculate the Number (FEIN) or the Michigan Treasury (TR) assigned premiums tax base and apply available MBT credits, including number. Be sure to use the same account number on all forms. certificated credits, deductions, and exemptions available If the taxpayer does not have an FEIN or TR number, under the MBT. Then, the taxpayer will calculate the CIT the taxpayer must register before filing this form. comparison on the Schedule of Corporate Income Tax Liability for an Insurance Filer (Form 4974). A taxpayer is permitted to Taxpayers are encouraged to register online at reduce hypothetical CIT liability by all deductions and credits www.michigan.gov/mtobusiness . Click on the quick link “New which would be allowed under that tax as well as the amount Business” for information on how to obtain an FEIN, which is required to submit a return through e-file. Taxpayers usually of certificated credit allowed under the MBT. The amount of certificated credit allowed under the MBT is the amount can obtain an FEIN from the IRS within 48 hours. Taxpayers of nonrefundable credit needed to offset MBT liability or the registering with the State online usually receive an account entire amount of a refundable credit. number within seven days. If the taxpayer’s hypothetical CIT liability would be higher Returns received without a registered account number will not than its MBT liability, the taxpayer will add the difference to be processed until such time as a number is provided. MBT liability on line 28 of this form (4588). This is the CIT Line 3: Check this box if the company is a foreign insurer. adjustment. If the result of both steps of the calculation is a Alien insurers are considered foreign insurers, unless their port negative number, the taxpayer will receive a refund of the lower of entry is Michigan, in which case the company is considered negative; but a nonrefundable credit cannot be used to reduce domestic for the filing of this return. liability below zero. Remaining nonrefundable certificated credit may be carried forward to succeeding tax years. Line 4: Alien insurers, enter the two-letter postal code for the U.S. state that is your port of entry. Amended Returns: To amend a current or prior year annual return, complete the Form 4588 that is applicable for that year, Line 5: Enter all gross direct premiums written on property or check the box in the upper-right corner of the return, and attach risk located or residing in Michigan. a separate sheet explaining the reason for the changes. Include an Line 6: Enter premiums on policies not taken to the extent amended federal return or a signed and dated Internal Revenue these premiums were included in line 5. Service (IRS) audit document. Include all schedules filed with the original return, even if not amending that schedule. Enter Line 7: Enter returned premiums on canceled policies to the the figures on the amended return as they should be. Do not extent these premiums were included in line 5. include a copy of the original return with your amended return. Line 8: Enter receipts on sales of annuities to the extent these A taxpayer may not amend to revoke the election to remain receipts were included in line 5. taxable under the MBT. Once the taxpayer makes a valid election to claim a certificated credit, the taxpayer must continue to file Line 9: Enter receipts on reinsurance premiums assumed to the MBT until the credit and any carryforward of that credit are the extent these receipts were included in line 5, and only if tax exhausted. was paid on the original premiums. Line 12: Disability insurance is insurance of any person Line-by-Line Instructions against bodily injury or death by accident, or against disability Lines not listed are explained on the form. on account of sickness or accident including also the granting 11 |
of specific hospital benefits and medical, surgical and sick- Line 30: Enter the tax a Michigan company would pay care benefits to any person, family, or group, subject to such to the taxpayer’s state of incorporation if it conducted the limitations as may be prescribed with respect thereto. The same amounts and types of business there as the taxpayer exclusion for disability insurance premiums does not include is conducting in Michigan. Attach a copy of the state of credit insurance or disability income insurance premiums. incorporation’s tax form on which this pro forma tax on the hypothetical Michigan company was calculated. CREDITS Line 20: Enter the amounts paid to the listed facilities Lines 32 through 42: In column A, “State of Incorporation,” or associations from January 1, 2020, to December 31, enter the amounts that would be paid by a hypothetical 2020, including special assessments. Net the amounts paid Michigan insurance company doing the same types and and refunds received during 2020 for the same facility or amounts of business in the taxpayer’s home state that the association. If refunds received exceed the amount paid in the taxpayer is doing in Michigan. year for the same facility or association, enter zero. Lines 37 and 39 through 42: In column B, “Michigan,” enter the actual amounts paid by the taxpayer to Michigan. Line 20c: For tax years beginning on and after January 1, 2020, amounts paid to the MAIPF that are attributable to the Line 42:Attach a detailed schedule of assessments. assigned claims plan shall not be included in the calculation of Enter the sum of accelerated and certificated Line 44: this credit. refundable credits: Line 22a: Enter the amount of Michigan Examination Fees • Accelerated credits: The amount from the Request for paid in 2018 (under Michigan Compiled Law 500.224). Accelerated Payment for the Brownfield Redevelopment Line 24: Enter the Miscellaneous Nonrefundable Credits from Credit and the Historic Preservation Credit (Form 4889), Michigan Business Tax Miscellaneous Credits for Insurance line 10. (If the taxpayer has filed more than one Form 4889 Companies (Form 4596), line 28. during the tax year, enter here the combined total of credits claimed on all Forms 4889, line 10); Retaliatory Instructions • Certificated Refundable credits: The sum of the amounts For foreign and alien insurers only; domestic insurers skip reported on Form 4596, lines 2, 3, and 4. lines 30 through 46. Line 46: Subtract line 45, column B, from line 45, column A. Do not mail this return with the Michigan Annual Financial If less than zero, enter zero. If line 45, column B, is a negative Statement, and do not send the annual statement filing fee number, add column A to the negative number in column B. with this return. The taxpayer will be billed separately for the This will increase the retaliatory amount reported. annual statement filing fee by the Department of Insurance and Financial Services. PAYMENTS, REFUNDABLE CREDITS, AND TAX DUE Foreign insurers must pay to Michigan the same type of Line 49: Enter the total tax paid with the quarterly estimated tax returns. obligation a similar Michigan insurer is required to pay in the company’s state of domicile. Enter all items that are required Line 51: Enter any tentative payment of estimated tax made of a Michigan insurance company. Some taxes and obligations with a request for an extension of time to file the return. imposed in other states may have no corresponding requirement Line 52: If claiming a credit, enter the amount from Form in Michigan; however, this does not relieve the foreign insurer 4596, line 5. from the obligation of computing and paying the tax. Amended Returns Only: Do not include the following Michigan assessments, or comparable assessments in the company’s state of Line Enter 54a: payment made with the original return. incorporation, in the retaliatory calculation: Line 54b: Enter overpayment received (refund received plus credit forward created) on the original return. • Michigan Workers’ Compensation Placement Facility • Michigan Basic Property Insurance Association Line Add 54c: lines 53 and 54a and subtract line 54b from the sum. • Michigan Automobile Insurance Placement Facility • Property and Casualty Guaranty Association Line 56: If penalty and interest are owed for not filing • Michigan Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association estimated returns or for underestimating tax, complete the MBT Penalty and Interest Computation for Underpaid • Catastrophic Claims Association (Form 4582) to compute penalty and interest Estimated Tax • Assessment under Health Insurance Claims Assessment Act due. If a taxpayer chooses not to file Form 4582, Treasury will (HICAA). compute penalty and interest and bill for payment. Form 4582 California insurers must include Bureau of Fraudulent Claims is available on the Web atwww.michigan.gov/taxes. assessments. New York domiciled companies must file and pay Line 57: Enter the annual return penalty rate in line 57a. Add a tentative retaliatory tax to Michigan by the annual due date, the overdue tax penalty in line 57b to the overdue tax interest March 1, 2022. An amended Form 4588 must be filed after in line 57c. Enter total in line 57d. the actual CT33 is filed with New York. Transfer the CT33 numbers onto the amended Form 4588 and attach a copy of the CT33 to substantiate the taxpayer’s claim. 12 |
Refer to the “Computing Penalty and Interest” section in Form 4592 • MBT Renaissance Zone Credit Schedule (Form 4595) to determine the annual return penalty rate and use the following • MBT Miscellaneous Credits for Insurance Companies Overdue Tax Penalty and Overdue Tax Interest worksheets. (Form 4596) • Proof of payment for any items listed in the “Michigan” WORKSHEET – OVERDUE TAX PENALTY column for lines 39 through 42. A. Tax due from Form 4588, line 55 ........ 00 B. Late/extension insufficientor payment penalty percentage................ % C. Multiply line A byline B..................... 00 Carry amount from line C to Form 4588, line 57b. WORKSHEET – OVERDUE TAX INTEREST A. Tax due from Form 4588, line 55 ........ 00 B. Applicable daily interest percentage .. % C. Number daysof return was past due... D. Multiply line B byline C .................... E. Multiply line A byline D .................... 00 Carry amount from line E to Form 4588, line 57c. Line 57c: NOTE: If the late period spans more than one interest rate period, divide the late period into the number of days ineach of the interest rate periods identified under the “Computing Penalty and Interest” section in Form 4592 and apply the calculations in the Overdue Tax Interest worksheet separately toeach portion of the late period. Combine these interest subtotals and carry the total to Form 4588, line 57c. Line 59: If the amount of the overpayment, less any penalty and interest due on lines 56 and 57d, is less than zero, enter the difference (as a positive number) on line 58. If the amount is greater than zero, enter on line 59. NOTE: If an overpayment exists, a taxpayer must elect a refund of all or a portion of the amount and/or designate all or a portion of the overpayment to be used as an estimate for the next MBT tax year. Complete lines 60 and 61 as applicable. Line 60: If the taxpayer anticipates an MBT liability in the filing period subsequent to this return, some or all of any overpayment from line 59 may be credited forward to the next tax year as an estimated payment. Enter the desired amount to use as an estimate for the next MBT tax year. Reminder: Taxpayers must sign and date returns. Tax preparers must provide a Preparer Taxpayer Identification Number (PTIN), FEIN or Social Security number (SSN), a business name, and a business address and phone number. Other Supporting Forms and Schedules The following forms and their requested attachments should be included as part of this return, as applicable: • Michigan Historic Preservation Tax Credit (Form 3581) • MBT Single Business Tax (SBT) Credit Carryforwards (Form 4569) • MBT Penalty and Interest Computation for Underpaid Estimated Tax (Form 4582) • MBT Election of Refund or Carryforward Credits (Form 4584) • MBT Schedule of Recapture of Certain Business Tax Credits and Deductions (Form 4587) 13 |