§ 58.1-3732.4 Limitation on gross receipts; staffing firms
A. Gross receipts for license tax purposes under this chapter shall not include employee benefits paid by a staffing firm to, or for the benefit of, any contract employee for the period of time that the contract employee is actually employed for the use of the client company pursuant to the terms of a PEO services contract or temporary help services contract. The taxable gross receipts of a staffing firm shall include any administrative fees received by such firm from a client company, whether on a fee-for-service basis or as a percentage of total receipts from the client company.
B. For the purpose of this section: “Client company” means a person that enters into a contract with a staffing firm by which the staffing firm, for a fee, provides PEO services or temporary help services. “Contract employee” means an employee performing services under a PEO services contract or temporary help services contract. “Employee benefits” means wages, salaries, payroll taxes, payroll deductions, workers’ compensation costs, benefits, and similar expenses. “PEO services” or “professional employer organization services” means an arrangement whereby a staffing firm assumes employer responsibility for payroll, benefits, and other human resources functions with respect to employees of a client company with no restrictions or limitations on the duration of employment. “PEO services contract” means a contract pursuant to which a staffing firm provides PEO services for a client company. “Staffing firm” means a person that provides PEO services or temporary help services. “Temporary help services” means an arrangement whereby a staffing firm temporarily assigns employees to support or supplement a client company’s workforce. “Temporary help services contract” means a contract pursuant to which a staffing firm provides temporary help services for a client company.
History
This law was first created in 1998. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 347 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2005, chapter 839.
1998, c. 347; 2005, c. 839.