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Sess., c. 235; 1974, c. 466; 1976, c. 591; 1977, c. 330; 1979, cc. 629, 637; 1982, c. 363; 1983, c. 14; 1984, cc. 204, 408; 1986, c. 480; 1990, c. 908; 1993, c. 576; 1995, c. 515; 2020, c. 1261.","full_text":"A\n\n“Wages” means all remuneration paid, or which should have been paid, for personal services, including commissions, bonuses, tips, back pay, dismissal pay, severance pay and any other payments made by an employer to an employee during his employment and thereafter and the cash value of all remuneration payable in any medium other than cash. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this subsection, wages paid in back pay awards shall be allocated to, and reported as being paid during, the calendar quarter or quarters in which such back pay would have been earned. Severance pay paid at the time of, or subsequent to, separation from employment shall be allocated to the last day of work unless otherwise allocated by the employer. If otherwise allocated, severance pay shall be allocated at a rate not less than the average weekly wage of such employee during the last calendar quarter, and reported as such. Severance pay shall be deducted from any benefits payable after the Commission’s receipt of notification of severance pay by the employer pursuant to § 60.2-603. The reasonable cash value of remuneration payable in any medium other than cash shall be estimated and determined in accordance with rules prescribed by the Commission.B\n\nThe term “wages” shall not include:1\n\nSubsequent to December 31, 1990, for purposes of taxes only, that part of the remuneration, other than remuneration referred to in the succeeding subdivisions of this subsection, that is greater than $8,000 and is payable during any calendar year to an individual by any employer with respect to employment in this Commonwealth or any other state. If an employer, hereinafter referred to as “successor employer,” during any calendar year acquires substantially all of the property used in a trade or business of another employer, hereinafter referred to as a “predecessor,” or used in a separate unit of a trade or business of a predecessor, and immediately after the acquisition employs in his trade or business an individual who immediately prior to the acquisition was employed in the trade or business of such predecessor, then, for the purpose of determining whether remuneration, other than remuneration referred to in the succeeding subdivisions of this subsection, with respect to employment equal to $8,000 is payable by the successor to such individual during such calendar year, any remuneration, other than remuneration referred to in the succeeding subdivisions of this subsection, with respect to employment payable, or considered under this subdivision as payable, to such individual by such predecessor during such calendar year and prior to such acquisition shall be considered as payable by such successor employer;2\n\nThe amount of any payment, including any amount paid by an employer for insurance or annuities, or into a fund, to provide for any such payment, made to, or on behalf of, an employee or any of his dependents under a plan or system established by an employer which makes provisions for (i) his employees generally, (ii) for his employees generally and their dependents, (iii) for a class or classes of his employees, or (iv) for a class or classes of his employees and their dependents, on account of:\n\t\t\t\ta. Retirement;\n\t\t\t\tb. Sickness or accident disability payments which are received under a workers’ compensation law;\n\t\t\t\tc. Medical or hospitalization expenses in connection with sickness or accident disability;\n\t\t\t\td. Death; or\n\t\t\t\te. Unemployment benefits under any private plan financed in whole or in part by an employer;3\n\nThe payment by an employer, without deduction from the remuneration of the employee, of the tax imposed upon an employer under § 3101 of the Federal Internal Revenue Code;4\n\nAny payment on account of sickness or accident disability, or medical or hospitalization expenses in connection with the sickness or accident disability, made by an employer to, or on behalf of, an employee after the expiration of six calendar months following the last calendar month in which the employee worked for such employer;5\n\nRemuneration paid in any medium other than cash to an employee for service not in the course of the employer’s trade or business;6\n\nAny payment, other than vacation or sick pay, made to an employee after the month in which he attains the age of 65, if he did not work for the employer in the period for which such payment is made; or7\n\nAny payment made to, or on behalf of, an employee or his beneficiary under a cafeteria plan, as defined in § 125 of the Internal Revenue Code, if such payment would not be treated as wages under the Internal Revenue Code.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":313115,"text":"“Wages” means all remuneration paid, or which should have been paid, for personal services, including commissions, bonuses, tips, back pay, dismissal pay, severance pay and any other payments made by an employer to an employee during his employment and thereafter and the cash value of all remuneration payable in any medium other than cash. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this subsection, wages paid in back pay awards shall be allocated to, and reported as being paid during, the calendar quarter or quarters in which such back pay would have been earned. Severance pay paid at the time of, or subsequent to, separation from employment shall be allocated to the last day of work unless otherwise allocated by the employer. If otherwise allocated, severance pay shall be allocated at a rate not less than the average weekly wage of such employee during the last calendar quarter, and reported as such. Severance pay shall be deducted from any benefits payable after the Commission’s receipt of notification of severance pay by the employer pursuant to § 60.2-603. The reasonable cash value of remuneration payable in any medium other than cash shall be estimated and determined in accordance with rules prescribed by the Commission.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":313116,"text":"The term “wages” shall not include:","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"B1"},"2":{"id":313117,"text":"Subsequent to December 31, 1990, for purposes of taxes only, that part of the remuneration, other than remuneration referred to in the succeeding subdivisions of this subsection, that is greater than $8,000 and is payable during any calendar year to an individual by any employer with respect to employment in this Commonwealth or any other state. If an employer, hereinafter referred to as “successor employer,” during any calendar year acquires substantially all of the property used in a trade or business of another employer, hereinafter referred to as a “predecessor,” or used in a separate unit of a trade or business of a predecessor, and immediately after the acquisition employs in his trade or business an individual who immediately prior to the acquisition was employed in the trade or business of such predecessor, then, for the purpose of determining whether remuneration, other than remuneration referred to in the succeeding subdivisions of this subsection, with respect to employment equal to $8,000 is payable by the successor to such individual during such calendar year, any remuneration, other than remuneration referred to in the succeeding subdivisions of this subsection, with respect to employment payable, or considered under this subdivision as payable, to such individual by such predecessor during such calendar year and prior to such acquisition shall be considered as payable by such successor employer;","type":"section","prefixes":["B","1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"B1","prefix_anchor":"B1","level":2,"prior_prefix":"B","next_prefix":"B2"},"3":{"id":313118,"text":"The amount of any payment, including any amount paid by an employer for insurance or annuities, or into a fund, to provide for any such payment, made to, or on behalf of, an employee or any of his dependents under a plan or system established by an employer which makes provisions for (i) his employees generally, (ii) for his employees generally and their dependents, (iii) for a class or classes of his employees, or (iv) for a class or classes of his employees and their dependents, on account of:\n\t\t\t\ta. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 17 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 1952, chapter 184; in 1954, chapter 203; in 1956, chapter 440; in 1968, chapter 9; in 1968, chapter 738; in 1974, chapter 466; in 1976, chapter 591; in 1977, chapter 330; in 1979, chapters 629 and 637; in 1982, chapter 363; in 1983, chapter 14; in 1984, chapters 204 and 408; in 1986, chapter 480; in 1990, chapter 908; in 1993, chapter 576; in 1995, chapter 515<\/a>; in 2020, chapter 1261<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":82159,"section_number":"2.2-3203","catch_line":"Transitional severance benefit conferred","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-3203\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":80045,"section_number":"60.2-603","catch_line":"Weekly benefit for unemployment; income disregard","order_by":null,"url":"\/60.2-603\/"}],"permalink":{"id":267529,"object_type":"law","relational_id":87468,"identifier":"60.2-229","token":"60.2\/2\/60.2-229","url":"\/60.2-229\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/60.2-229\/","token":"60.2\/2\/60.2-229","dublin_core":{"Title":"Wages","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 60.2-229","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> “Wages<\/span>” means all remuneration paid, or which should have been paid, for personal services, including commissions, bonuses, tips, back pay, dismissal<\/span> pay, severance pay and any other payments made by an employer to an employee during his employment and thereafter and the cash value of all remuneration payable in any medium other than cash. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this subsection, wages<\/span> paid in back pay awards shall be allocated to, and reported as being paid during, the calendar quarter or quarters in which such back pay would have been earned. Severance pay paid at the time of, or subsequent to, separation from employment shall be allocated to the last day of work unless otherwise allocated by the employer. If otherwise allocated, severance pay shall be allocated at a rate not less than the average weekly wage of such employee during the last calendar quarter, and reported as such. Severance pay shall be deducted from any benefits payable after the Commission’s receipt of notification of severance pay by the employer pursuant to § 60.2-603<\/a>. The reasonable cash value of remuneration payable in any medium other than cash shall be estimated and determined in accordance with rules prescribed by the Commission. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The term “wages<\/span>” shall not include: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Subsequent to December 31, 1990, for purposes of taxes only, that part of the remuneration, other than remuneration referred to in the succeeding subdivisions of this subsection, that is greater than $8,000 and is payable during any calendar year to an individual by any employer with respect to employment in this Commonwealth or any other state. If an employer, hereinafter referred to as “successor employer,” during any calendar year acquires substantially all of the property used in a trade or business of another employer, hereinafter referred to as a “predecessor,” or used in a separate unit of a trade or business of a predecessor, and immediately after the acquisition employs in his trade or business an individual who immediately prior to the acquisition was employed in the trade or business of such predecessor, then, for the purpose of determining whether remuneration, other than remuneration referred to in the succeeding subdivisions of this subsection, with respect to employment equal to $8,000 is payable by the successor to such individual during such calendar year, any remuneration, other than remuneration referred to in the succeeding subdivisions of this subsection, with respect to employment payable, or considered under this subdivision as payable, to such individual by such predecessor during such calendar year and prior to such acquisition shall be considered as payable by such successor employer; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> The amount of any payment, including any amount paid by an employer for insurance or annuities, or into a fund, to provide for any such payment, made to, or on behalf of, an employee or any of his dependents under a plan or system established by an employer which makes provisions for (i) his employees generally, (ii) for his employees generally and their dependents, (iii) for a class or classes of his employees, or (iv) for a class or classes of his employees and their dependents, on account of:\n\t\t\t\ta. Retirement;\n\t\t\t\tb. Sickness or accident disability payments which are received under a workers’ compensation law<\/span>;\n\t\t\t\tc. Medical or hospitalization expenses in connection with sickness or accident disability;\n\t\t\t\td. Death; or\n\t\t\t\te. Unemployment benefits under any private plan financed in whole or in part by an employer; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> The payment by an employer, without deduction from the remuneration of the employee, of the tax imposed upon an employer under § 3101 of the Federal Internal Revenue Code; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> Any payment on account of sickness or accident disability, or medical or hospitalization expenses in connection with the sickness or accident disability, made by an employer to, or on behalf of, an employee after the expiration of six calendar months following the last calendar month in which the employee worked for such employer; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> Remuneration paid in any medium other than cash to an employee for service not in the course of the employer’s trade or business; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

6.<\/span> Any payment, other than vacation or sick pay, made to an employee after the month in which he attains the age of 65, if he did not work for the employer in the period for which such payment is made; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

7.<\/span> Any payment made to, or on behalf of, an employee or his beneficiary under a cafeteria plan, as defined in § 125 of the Internal Revenue Code, if such payment would not be treated as wages<\/span> under the Internal Revenue Code. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWAGES (\u00a7 60.2-229)\n\nA. “Wages” means all remuneration paid, or which should have been\npaid, for personal services, including commissions, bonuses, tips, back pay,\ndismissal pay, severance pay and any other payments made by an employer to an\nemployee during his employment and thereafter and the cash value of all\nremuneration payable in any medium other than cash. Notwithstanding the other\nprovisions of this subsection, wages paid in back pay awards shall be allocated\nto, and reported as being paid during, the calendar quarter or quarters in which\nsuch back pay would have been earned. Severance pay paid at the time of, or\nsubsequent to, separation from employment shall be allocated to the last day of\nwork unless otherwise allocated by the employer. If otherwise allocated,\nseverance pay shall be allocated at a rate not less than the average weekly wage\nof such employee during the last calendar quarter, and reported as such.\nSeverance pay shall be deducted from any benefits payable after the\nCommission’s receipt of notification of severance pay by the employer\npursuant to § 60.2-603. The reasonable cash value of remuneration payable\nin any medium other than cash shall be estimated and determined in accordance\nwith rules prescribed by the Commission.\n\nB. The term “wages” shall not include:\n\n 1. Subsequent to December 31, 1990, for purposes of taxes only, that part of\n the remuneration, other than remuneration referred to in the succeeding\n subdivisions of this subsection, that is greater than $8,000 and is payable\n during any calendar year to an individual by any employer with respect to\n employment in this Commonwealth or any other state. If an employer,\n hereinafter referred to as “successor employer,” during any\n calendar year acquires substantially all of the property used in a trade or\n business of another employer, hereinafter referred to as a\n “predecessor,” or used in a separate unit of a trade or business\n of a predecessor, and immediately after the acquisition employs in his trade\n or business an individual who immediately prior to the acquisition was\n employed in the trade or business of such predecessor, then, for the purpose\n of determining whether remuneration, other than remuneration referred to in\n the succeeding subdivisions of this subsection, with respect to employment\n equal to $8,000 is payable by the successor to such individual during such\n calendar year, any remuneration, other than remuneration referred to in the\n succeeding subdivisions of this subsection, with respect to employment\n payable, or considered under this subdivision as payable, to such individual\n by such predecessor during such calendar year and prior to such acquisition\n shall be considered as payable by such successor employer;\n\n 2. The amount of any payment, including any amount paid by an employer for\n insurance or annuities, or into a fund, to provide for any such payment, made\n to, or on behalf of, an employee or any of his dependents under a plan or\n system established by an employer which makes provisions for (i) his employees\n generally, (ii) for his employees generally and their dependents, (iii) for a\n class or classes of his employees, or (iv) for a class or classes of his\n employees and their dependents, on account of:\n \t\t\t\ta. Retirement;\n \t\t\t\tb. Sickness or accident disability payments which are received under a\n workers’ compensation law;\n \t\t\t\tc. Medical or hospitalization expenses in connection with sickness or\n accident disability;\n \t\t\t\td. Death; or\n \t\t\t\te. Unemployment benefits under any private plan financed in whole or in\n part by an employer;\n\n 3. The payment by an employer, without deduction from the remuneration of the\n employee, of the tax imposed upon an employer under § 3101 of the Federal\n Internal Revenue Code;\n\n 4. Any payment on account of sickness or accident disability, or medical or\n hospitalization expenses in connection with the sickness or accident\n disability, made by an employer to, or on behalf of, an employee after the\n expiration of six calendar months following the last calendar month in which\n the employee worked for such employer;\n\n 5. Remuneration paid in any medium other than cash to an employee for service\n not in the course of the employer’s trade or business;\n\n 6. Any payment, other than vacation or sick pay, made to an employee after the\n month in which he attains the age of 65, if he did not work for the employer\n in the period for which such payment is made; or\n\n 7. Any payment made to, or on behalf of, an employee or his beneficiary under\n a cafeteria plan, as defined in § 125 of the Internal Revenue Code, if\n such payment would not be treated as wages under the Internal Revenue Code.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 60-22; 1952, c. 184; 1954, c. 203; 1956, c. 440; 1968, c.\n9; 1968, c. 738, \u00a7 60.1-26; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 235; 1974, c. 466; 1976, c.\n591; 1977, c. 330; 1979, cc. 629, 637; 1982, c. 363; 1983, c. 14; 1984, cc. 204,\n408; 1986, c. 480; 1990, c. 908; 1993, c. 576; 1995, c. 515; 2020, c. 1261.","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}}