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Such eligible company may make such modification for the taxable year in which it first becomes eligible and for the six subsequent, consecutive taxable years, except for any year in which the eligible company&#8217;s (i) total, cumulative new capital investment falls below the applicable initial threshold or (ii) number of new jobs falls below the applicable initial threshold.D\n\nFor taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2023, corporations that are affiliated within the meaning of &#xA7; 58.1-302 and filing on a consolidated basis may elect to apportion the taxable income of all members of such affiliated group using the sales factor alone notwithstanding that one or more members of such affiliated group would be required to use different apportionment factors if separate returns were filed. Such an election shall be valid only with respect to taxable years in which 80 percent or more of the sales of such affiliated group after consolidation and eliminations is derived from activities of a retail company. Such an election, once made, shall not be changed without permission of the Department.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":208198,"text":"For taxable years beginning on or after July 1, 2012, the Virginia taxable income of a retail company, excluding income allocable under \u00a7 58.1-407, shall be apportioned within and without the Commonwealth as follows:","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"A1"},"1":{"id":208199,"text":"From July 1, 2012, until July 1, 2014, by multiplying such income by a fraction, the numerator of which is the property factor plus the payroll factor plus triple the sales factor and the denominator of which is five, except that when the sales factor does not exist, the denominator of the fraction shall be the number of existing factors, and when the sales factor exists but the payroll factor or property factor does not exist, the denominator of the fraction shall be the number of existing factors plus two;","type":"section","prefixes":["A","1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"A1","prefix_anchor":"A1","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"A2"},"2":{"id":208200,"text":"From July 1, 2014, until July 1, 2015, by multiplying such income by a fraction, the numerator of which is the property factor plus the payroll factor plus quadruple the sales factor and the denominator of which is six, except that when the sales factor does not exist, the denominator of the fraction shall be the number of existing factors, and when the sales factor exists but the payroll factor or property factor does not exist, the denominator of the fraction shall be the number of existing factors plus three; and","type":"section","prefixes":["A","2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"A2","prefix_anchor":"A2","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A1","next_prefix":"A3"},"3":{"id":208201,"text":"From July 1, 2015, and thereafter, by multiplying such income by the sales factor.","type":"section","prefixes":["A","3"],"prefix":"3","entire_prefix":"A3","prefix_anchor":"A3","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A2","next_prefix":"B"},"4":{"id":208202,"text":"As used in this section, &#8220;retail company&#8221; means a domestic or foreign corporation primarily engaged in activities that, in accordance with the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), United States Manual, United States Office of Management and Budget, 1997 Edition, would be included in Sectors 44-45.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A3","next_prefix":"C"},"5":{"id":208203,"text":"Any eligible company, as defined in &#xA7; 58.1-405.1, may subtract the value of its sales in the Commonwealth during the taxable year from the numerator of the ratio in subdivision A 3. Such eligible company may make such modification for the taxable year in which it first becomes eligible and for the six subsequent, consecutive taxable years, except for any year in which the eligible company&#8217;s (i) total, cumulative new capital investment falls below the applicable initial threshold or (ii) number of new jobs falls below the applicable initial threshold.","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B","next_prefix":"D"},"6":{"id":208204,"text":"For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2023, corporations that are affiliated within the meaning of &#xA7; 58.1-302 and filing on a consolidated basis may elect to apportion the taxable income of all members of such affiliated group using the sales factor alone notwithstanding that one or more members of such affiliated group would be required to use different apportionment factors if separate returns were filed. Such an election shall be valid only with respect to taxable years in which 80 percent or more of the sales of such affiliated group after consolidation and eliminations is derived from activities of a retail company. Such an election, once made, shall not be changed without permission of the Department.","type":"section","prefixes":["D"],"prefix":"D","entire_prefix":"D","prefix_anchor":"D","level":1,"prior_prefix":"C"}},"ancestry":[{"id":13460,"edition_id":1,"name":"Taxation of Corporations","identifier":"10","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13152,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:56","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:56","permalink":{"id":253359,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13460,"identifier":"10","token":"58.1\/I\/3\/10","url":"\/58.1\/I\/3\/10\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13152,"edition_id":1,"name":"Income Tax","identifier":"3","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12837,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:21","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:21","permalink":{"id":253267,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13152,"identifier":"3","token":"58.1\/I\/3","url":"\/58.1\/I\/3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12837,"edition_id":1,"name":"Taxes Administered by the Department of Taxation","identifier":"I","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12703,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:55","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:55","permalink":{"id":252075,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12837,"identifier":"I","token":"58.1\/I","url":"\/58.1\/I\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12703,"edition_id":1,"name":"Taxation","identifier":"58.1","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","permalink":{"id":251959,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12703,"identifier":"58.1","token":"58.1","url":"\/58.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":60955,"structure_id":13460,"section_number":"58.1-400","catch_line":"Imposition of tax","url":"\/58.1-400\/","token":"58.1\/I\/3\/10\/58.1-400","metadata":false},{"id":58533,"structure_id":13460,"section_number":"58.1-400.1","catch_line":"Minimum tax on telecommunications companies","url":"\/58.1-400.1\/","token":"58.1\/I\/3\/10\/58.1-400.1","metadata":false},{"id":77310,"structure_id":13460,"section_number":"58.1-400.2","catch_line":"Taxation of electric suppliers, pipeline distribution companies, gas utilities, and gas suppliers","url":"\/58.1-400.2\/","token":"58.1\/I\/3\/10\/58.1-400.2","metadata":false},{"id":79891,"structure_id":13460,"section_number":"58.1-400.3","catch_line":"Minimum tax on certain electric suppliers","url":"\/58.1-400.3\/","token":"58.1\/I\/3\/10\/58.1-400.3","metadata":false},{"id":85449,"structure_id":13460,"section_number":"58.1-400.4","catch_line":"Minimum tax on home service contract providers","url":"\/58.1-400.4\/","token":"58.1\/I\/3\/10\/58.1-400.4","metadata":false},{"id":75981,"structure_id":13460,"section_number":"58.1-401","catch_line":"Exemptions and exclusions","url":"\/58.1-401\/","token":"58.1\/I\/3\/10\/58.1-401","metadata":false},{"id":56970,"structure_id":13460,"section_number":"58.1-402","catch_line":"Virginia taxable income","url":"\/58.1-402\/","token":"58.1\/I\/3\/10\/58.1-402","metadata":false},{"id":65538,"structure_id":13460,"section_number":"58.1-403","catch_line":"Additional modifications to determine Virginia taxable income for certain corporations","url":"\/58.1-403\/","token":"58.1\/I\/3\/10\/58.1-403","metadata":false},{"id":61129,"structure_id":13460,"section_number":"58.1-404","catch_line":"Reserved","url":"\/58.1-404\/","token":"58.1\/I\/3\/10\/58.1-404","metadata":false},{"id":84403,"structure_id":13460,"section_number":"58.1-405","catch_line":"Corporations transacting or conducting entire business within this Commonwealth","url":"\/58.1-405\/","token":"58.1\/I\/3\/10\/58.1-405","metadata":false},{"id":56464,"structure_id":13460,"section_number":"58.1-405.1","catch_line":"Eligibility of companies for apportionment modification; 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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+CHAP0086\">86<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0666\">666<\/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. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 2018, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?181+ful+CHAP0801\">801<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?181+ful+CHAP0802\">802<\/a>; in 2023, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0038\">38<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0039\">39<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":84403,"section_number":"58.1-405","catch_line":"Corporations transacting or conducting entire business within this Commonwealth","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-405\/"},{"id":56464,"section_number":"58.1-405.1","catch_line":"Eligibility of companies for apportionment modification; certification by the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-405.1\/"},{"id":86858,"section_number":"58.1-408","catch_line":"What income apportioned and how","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-408\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":82538,"section_number":"58.1-302","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-302\/"},{"id":56464,"section_number":"58.1-405.1","catch_line":"Eligibility of companies for apportionment modification; 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<a id=\"paragraph-208199\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/58.1-422.1\/#A1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A2\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> From July 1, 2014, until July 1, 2015, by multiplying such income by a fraction, the numerator of which is the property factor plus the payroll factor plus quadruple the <span class=\"dictionary\">sales<\/span> factor and the denominator of which is six, except that when the <span class=\"dictionary\">sales<\/span> factor does not exist, the denominator of the fraction shall be the number of existing factors, and when the <span class=\"dictionary\">sales<\/span> factor exists but the payroll factor or property factor does not exist, the denominator of the fraction shall be the number of existing factors plus three; and <a id=\"paragraph-208200\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/58.1-422.1\/#A2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A3\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> From July 1, 2015, and thereafter, by multiplying such income by the <span class=\"dictionary\">sales<\/span> factor. <a id=\"paragraph-208201\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/58.1-422.1\/#A3\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> As used in this section, &#8220;<span class=\"dictionary\">retail company<\/span>&#8221; means a domestic or foreign <span class=\"dictionary\">corporation<\/span> primarily engaged in activities that, in accordance with the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), United States Manual, United States Office of Management and Budget, 1997 Edition, would be included in Sectors <a class=\"law\" title=\"Summary courts-martial\" href=\"\/44-45\/\">44-45<\/a>. <a id=\"paragraph-208202\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/58.1-422.1\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">C.<\/span> Any eligible company, as defined in &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Eligibility of companies for apportionment modification; certification by the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority\" href=\"\/58.1-405.1\/\">58.1-405.1<\/a>, may subtract the value of its <span class=\"dictionary\">sales<\/span> in the Commonwealth during the taxable year from the numerator of the ratio in subdivision A 3. Such eligible company may make such modification for the taxable year in which it first becomes eligible and for the six subsequent, consecutive taxable years, except for any year in which the eligible company&#8217;s (i) total, cumulative new capital investment falls below the applicable initial threshold or (ii) number of new jobs falls below the applicable initial threshold. <a id=\"paragraph-208203\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/58.1-422.1\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"D\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">D.<\/span> For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2023, <span class=\"dictionary\">corporations<\/span> that are <span class=\"dictionary\">affiliated<\/span> within the meaning of &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Definitions\" href=\"\/58.1-302\/\">58.1-302<\/a> and filing on a consolidated basis may elect to apportion the taxable income of all members of such <span class=\"dictionary\">affiliated<\/span> group using the <span class=\"dictionary\">sales<\/span> factor alone notwithstanding that one or more members of such <span class=\"dictionary\">affiliated<\/span> group would be required to use different apportionment factors if separate returns were filed. Such an election shall be valid only with respect to taxable years in which 80 percent or more of the <span class=\"dictionary\">sales<\/span> of such <span class=\"dictionary\">affiliated<\/span> group after <span class=\"dictionary\">consolidation<\/span> and eliminations is derived from activities of a <span class=\"dictionary\">retail company<\/span>. Such an election, once made, shall not be changed without permission of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-208204\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/58.1-422.1\/#D\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRETAIL COMPANIES; APPORTIONMENT (\u00a7 58.1-422.1)\n\nA. For taxable years beginning on or after July 1, 2012, the Virginia taxable\nincome of a retail company, excluding income allocable under \u00a7 58.1-407, shall\nbe apportioned within and without the Commonwealth as follows:\n\n   1. From July 1, 2012, until July 1, 2014, by multiplying such income by a\n   fraction, the numerator of which is the property factor plus the payroll\n   factor plus triple the sales factor and the denominator of which is five,\n   except that when the sales factor does not exist, the denominator of the\n   fraction shall be the number of existing factors, and when the sales factor\n   exists but the payroll factor or property factor does not exist, the\n   denominator of the fraction shall be the number of existing factors plus two;\n\n   2. From July 1, 2014, until July 1, 2015, by multiplying such income by a\n   fraction, the numerator of which is the property factor plus the payroll\n   factor plus quadruple the sales factor and the denominator of which is six,\n   except that when the sales factor does not exist, the denominator of the\n   fraction shall be the number of existing factors, and when the sales factor\n   exists but the payroll factor or property factor does not exist, the\n   denominator of the fraction shall be the number of existing factors plus\n   three; and\n\n   3. From July 1, 2015, and thereafter, by multiplying such income by the sales\n   factor.\n\nB. As used in this section, &#8220;retail company&#8221; means a domestic or\nforeign corporation primarily engaged in activities that, in accordance with the\nNorth American Industry Classification System (NAICS), United States Manual,\nUnited States Office of Management and Budget, 1997 Edition, would be included\nin Sectors 44-45.\n\nC. Any eligible company, as defined in &#xA7; 58.1-405.1, may subtract the value\nof its sales in the Commonwealth during the taxable year from the numerator of\nthe ratio in subdivision A 3. Such eligible company may make such modification\nfor the taxable year in which it first becomes eligible and for the six\nsubsequent, consecutive taxable years, except for any year in which the eligible\ncompany&#8217;s (i) total, cumulative new capital investment falls below the\napplicable initial threshold or (ii) number of new jobs falls below the\napplicable initial threshold.\n\nD. For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2023, corporations that\nare affiliated within the meaning of &#xA7; 58.1-302 and filing on a\nconsolidated basis may elect to apportion the taxable income of all members of\nsuch affiliated group using the sales factor alone notwithstanding that one or\nmore members of such affiliated group would be required to use different\napportionment factors if separate returns were filed. Such an election shall be\nvalid only with respect to taxable years in which 80 percent or more of the\nsales of such affiliated group after consolidation and eliminations is derived\nfrom activities of a retail company. Such an election, once made, shall not be\nchanged without permission of the Department.\n\nHISTORY: 2012, cc. 86, 666; 2018, cc. 801, 802; 2023, cc. 38, 39.","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}}