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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>75176</law_id><section_number>36-172</section_number><catch_line>Claiming first-time home buyer status</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="36">Housing</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="12">First-Time Home Buyer Savings Plan Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The <span class="dictionary">account holder</span> shall be responsible for the use or application of moneys or funds in an account for which the <span class="dictionary">account holder</span> claims <span class="dictionary">first-time home buyer savings account</span> status. <a id="paragraph-269939" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/36-172/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">account holder</span> shall (i) not use moneys or funds held in an account to pay expenses of administering the account, except that a service fee may be deducted from the account by a <span class="dictionary">financial institution</span>; (ii) maintain documentation, which may include the <span class="dictionary">settlement statement</span>, of the segregation of moneys or funds in separate <span class="dictionary">accounts</span> and documentation of <span class="dictionary">eligible costs</span> for the purchase of a <span class="dictionary">single-family residence</span> in the Commonwealth; (iii) file, with the <span class="dictionary">account holder</span>&#x2019;s Virginia income tax return, forms developed by the Department of Taxation regarding treatment of the account as a <span class="dictionary">first-time home buyer savings account</span> under this chapter, along with the Form 1099 issued by the <span class="dictionary">financial institution</span> for such account; and (iv) remit to the Department of Taxation the tax on any amounts (a) added to individual income pursuant to subdivision 6 of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Virginia taxable income; additions" href="/58.1-322.01/">58.1-322.01</a> or (b) recaptured pursuant to subdivision 25 of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Virginia taxable income; subtractions" href="/58.1-322.02/">58.1-322.02</a>. <a id="paragraph-269940" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/36-172/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The Tax Commissioner shall develop guidelines applicable to <span class="dictionary">account holders</span> to implement the provisions of this chapter. Such guidelines shall be exempt from the provisions of the Administrative Process Act (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Short title; purpose" href="/2.2-4000/">2.2-4000</a> et seq.). Such guidelines shall not apply to, or impose administrative, reporting, or other obligations or requirements on, <span class="dictionary">financial institutions</span>-related <span class="dictionary">accounts</span> for which <span class="dictionary">first-time home buyer savings account</span> status is claimed by the <span class="dictionary">account holder</span>. <a id="paragraph-269941" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/36-172/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2014, c. 729, &#xA7; 55-556; 2017, c. 444; 2019, c. 712.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
