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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>75675</law_id><section_number>36-174</section_number><catch_line>Withdrawal of funds from account for purposes other than eligible costs for first-time home purchase</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>58.1-322.02</reference></referred_to_by><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><p>If moneys or funds are withdrawn from an account for any purpose other than the payment of <span class="dictionary">eligible costs</span> by or on behalf of a <span class="dictionary">qualified beneficiary</span>, there shall be imposed a <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> calculated using the Form 1099 showing the amount of income exempted from state income tax, and a five percent <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> shall be assessed on the amount of exempted income. The <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> shall be paid to the Department of Taxation. In addition, as provided under subdivision 25 of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Virginia taxable income; subtractions" href="/58.1-322.02/">58.1-322.02</a>, the <span class="dictionary">account holder</span> shall also be subject to recapture of income that was subtracted pursuant to that subdivision.
		Such five percent <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> shall not apply to, and there shall be no recapture of income with regard to, the extent of moneys or funds withdrawn that were (i) withdrawn by reason of the <span class="dictionary">qualified beneficiary</span>&#x2019;s death or disability; (ii) a disbursement of <span class="dictionary">assets</span> of the account pursuant to a filing for protection under the United States <span class="dictionary">Bankruptcy Code</span>, 11 U.S.C. &#xA7;&#xA7;&#xA0;101 through 1330; or (iii) transferred from an account established pursuant to this chapter into another account established pursuant to this chapter for the benefit of another <span class="dictionary">qualified beneficiary</span>.</p></section></text><history>2014, c. 729, &#xA7; 55-558; 2017, c. 444; 2019, c. 712.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
