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Moreover, any distributor who neglects, fails, or refuses to pay or collect the tax herein provided, either by himself or through his agents or employees, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.\n\t\tAll sums collected by a distributor as required by this chapter shall be deemed to be held in trust for the Commonwealth.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":285994,"text":"Any distributor collecting the tax on transactions exempt or not taxable under this chapter shall transmit to the Commissioner such erroneously or illegally collected tax unless or until he can affirmatively show that the tax has since been refunded to the purchaser or credited to his account.\n\t\tAny distributor who neglects, fails, or refuses to collect such tax upon every taxable sale made by him, his agents, or his employees shall be liable for and pay the tax himself, and such distributor shall not thereafter be entitled to sue for or recover in the Commonwealth any part of the purchase price from the purchaser until such tax is paid. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0217\">217<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0225\">225<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":255823,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79836,"identifier":"58.1-2299.3","token":"58.1\/II\/22.1\/58.1-2299.3","url":"\/58.1-2299.3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/58.1-2299.3\/","token":"58.1\/II\/22.1\/58.1-2299.3","dublin_core":{"Title":"Collection of tax","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 58.1-2299.3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Any <span class=\"dictionary\">distributor<\/span> collecting the tax on transactions exempt or not taxable under this chapter shall transmit to the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> such erroneously or illegally collected tax unless or until he can affirmatively show that the tax has since been refunded to the purchaser or credited to his account.\n\t\tAny <span class=\"dictionary\">distributor<\/span> who neglects, fails, or refuses to collect such tax upon every taxable <span class=\"dictionary\">sale<\/span> made by him, his agents, or his employees shall be liable for and pay the tax himself, and such <span class=\"dictionary\">distributor<\/span> shall not thereafter be entitled to sue for or recover in the Commonwealth any part of the purchase price from the purchaser until such tax is paid. 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Moreover, any distributor who neglects, fails,\nor refuses to pay or collect the tax herein provided, either by himself or\nthrough his agents or employees, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.\n\t\tAll sums collected by a distributor as required by this chapter shall be\ndeemed to be held in trust for the Commonwealth.\n\nHISTORY: 2012, cc. 217, 225.","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}}