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The Tax Commissioner<\/span> shall ensure that all required state tax forms are fillable forms in a portable document format for taxable periods beginning on and after January 1, 2012, and are available on the Department<\/span> of Taxation’s website. The Tax Commissioner<\/span> shall begin making fillable forms available no later than January 1, 2012, and shall make all fillable forms available no later than March 1, 2013.\n\t\tThe Tax Commissioner<\/span> shall develop guidelines for using such forms and publish them on the Department<\/span>’s website.\n\t\tNothing in this section shall replace, supersede, modify, duplicate, or compete with the Virginia Free File program in its provision of online interactive tax software and filing products and services for Virginia taxpayers<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFILLABLE TAX FORMS (\u00a7 58.1-202.3)\n\nThe Tax Commissioner shall ensure that all required state tax forms are fillable\nforms in a portable document format for taxable periods beginning on and after\nJanuary 1, 2012, and are available on the Department of Taxation’s\nwebsite. The Tax Commissioner shall begin making fillable forms available no\nlater than January 1, 2012, and shall make all fillable forms available no later\nthan March 1, 2013.\n\t\tThe Tax Commissioner shall develop guidelines for using such forms and publish\nthem on the Department’s website.\n\t\tNothing in this section shall replace, supersede, modify, duplicate, or\ncompete with the Virginia Free File program in its provision of online\ninteractive tax software and filing products and services for Virginia\ntaxpayers.\n\nHISTORY: 2011, c. 680.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}