Every company subject to this chapter shall make an annual report to the commissioner, by March 1 of each year as of December 31 of the preceding year, on blank forms prepared and furnished by the commissioner for that purpose, setting forth the transactions of the company during the previous year, showing its condition at the close of the year, and shall pay to the commissioner a fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) therefor at the time of filing the statement.
T.C.A. § 56-23-106