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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>87170</law_id><section_number>36-173</section_number><catch_line>Tax exemption; conditions</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> All interest or other income earned attributable to an account shall be excluded from the Virginia taxable income of the <span class="dictionary">account holder</span> as provided under 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-312116" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/36-173/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> There shall be an aggregate limit of $50,000 per account on the amount of principal for which the <span class="dictionary">account holder</span> may claim <span class="dictionary">first-time home buyer savings account</span> status. Only cash and marketable securities may be contributed to an account. <a id="paragraph-312117" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/36-173/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Subject to the aggregate limit on the amount of principal that may be contributed to an account pursuant to subsection B, there shall be a limitation of $150,000 on the amount of principal and interest or other income on the principal that may be retained within an account. <a id="paragraph-312118" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/36-173/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> An <span class="dictionary">account holder</span> shall be subject to Virginia income tax pursuant to subdivision 6 of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Virginia taxable income; additions" href="/58.1-322.01/">58.1-322.01</a> to the extent of any loss deducted as a capital loss by the individual for federal income tax purposes attributable to the person&#x2019;s account. <a id="paragraph-312119" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/36-173/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E"><p><span class="prefix-number">E.</span> Upon being furnished proof of the death of the <span class="dictionary">account holder</span>, a <span class="dictionary">financial institution</span> shall distribute the principal and accumulated interest or other income in the account in accordance with the terms of the <span class="dictionary">contract</span> governing the account. <a id="paragraph-312120" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/36-173/#E"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2014, c. 729, &#xA7; 55-557; 2017, c. 444; 2019, c. 712.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
