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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>79929</law_id><section_number>58.1-1008</section_number><catch_line>Monthly reports of stamping agents; penalty</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="58.1">Taxation</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="I">Taxes Administered by the Department of Taxation</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="10">Cigarette Tax</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">Excise Tax</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>In addition to the reporting requirements imposed by &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="How paid; affixing of stamps; records of stamping agents; civil penalties" href="/58.1-1003/">58.1-1003</a>, every <span class="dictionary">stamping agent</span> qualifying as such with the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> shall be required to file a report between the first and twentieth of each month, covering the purchase or receipt by them of all <span class="dictionary">cigarettes</span> during the preceding month. The report shall give in detail the different kinds and quantities of <span class="dictionary">cigarettes</span> so purchased or received by them during the preceding month. The report shall also list all <span class="dictionary">orders</span> for <span class="dictionary">cigarettes</span> purchased through such <span class="dictionary">wholesale dealer</span> from without this Commonwealth on a drop shipment and consigned direct to the person ordering such <span class="dictionary">cigarettes</span> through such <span class="dictionary">stamping agent</span>. The <span class="dictionary">Department</span> may allow such reports to be filed electronically. If, upon examination of invoices of any <span class="dictionary">stamping agent</span>, such agent is unable to furnish <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> to the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of sufficient stamp purchases to cover unstamped <span class="dictionary">cigarettes</span> purchased by him, the prima facie <span class="dictionary">presumption</span> shall arise that such <span class="dictionary">cigarettes</span> were sold without the proper <span class="dictionary">stamps</span> affixed thereto in violation of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="How paid; affixing of stamps; records of stamping agents; civil penalties" href="/58.1-1003/">58.1-1003</a>. The <span class="dictionary">Department</span> may impose a <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> of $250, to be assessed and collected by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> as other taxes are collected, on any <span class="dictionary">stamping agent</span> for each failure or refusal to file the report, or portion thereof, required by this section or by &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Reporting of information" href="/3.2-4209/">3.2-4209</a> in the manner and time allowed. The <span class="dictionary">Department</span> may revoke a stamping permit for up to one year if the <span class="dictionary">stamping agent</span> fails to file more than one of the required reports in a timely manner in any calendar year. After such time, the <span class="dictionary">stamping agent</span> must reapply to the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> for a stamping permit. The <span class="dictionary">Department</span> may also impose a <span class="dictionary">penalty</span>, to be assessed and collected by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> as other taxes are collected, of $250 per <span class="dictionary">pack</span> of <span class="dictionary">cigarettes</span> on any person found to be selling <span class="dictionary">cigarettes</span> in Virginia after his stamping permit has been revoked. Each <span class="dictionary">pack</span> of <span class="dictionary">cigarettes</span> sold shall be considered a separate <span class="dictionary">offense</span>. Where willful <span class="dictionary">intent</span> exists, as defined in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Penalty for failing to affix stamps; subsequent violations of article" href="/58.1-1013/">58.1-1013</a>, the <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> shall be $2,500 per <span class="dictionary">pack</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 58-757.2, 58-757.7; 1960, c. 392, &#xA7;&#xA7; 2, 7; 1962, c. 473; 1984, c. 675; 1992, c. 763; 2005, c. 28; 2013, c. 381.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
