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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>71917</law_id><section_number>51.1-704</section_number><catch_line>Contributions by state employees</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>51.1-703</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="51.1">Pensions, Benefits, and Retirement</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="7">Federal Social Security for State and Local Employees</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Every employee of the Commonwealth whose services are covered by an <span class="dictionary">agreement</span> entered into under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Federal-state agreement" href="/51.1-702/">51.1-702</a> shall pay contributions, with respect to <span class="dictionary">wages</span>, equal to the applicable taxes which would be imposed by the &#x201C;Rate of Tax&#x201D; sections of the <span class="dictionary">Federal Insurance Contributions Act</span> if such services constituted <span class="dictionary">employment</span> within the meaning of that Act. <a id="paragraph-259115" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/51.1-704/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The contribution required by this section shall be collected by the Commonwealth by deducting the amount of the contribution from <span class="dictionary">wages</span>, but failure to make such deduction shall not relieve the employee from liability for such contribution. <a id="paragraph-259116" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/51.1-704/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1952, c. 2, &#xA7; 51-111.4; 1990, c. 832; 2005, c. 902.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
