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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>55853</law_id><section_number>58.1-1747</section_number><catch_line>Retailer discount</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="17">Miscellaneous Taxes</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="12">Disposable Plastic Bag Tax</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Beginning January 1, 2021, and ending January 1, 2023, every retailer that collects a tax imposed by a county or city under this article shall be allowed to retain two cents ($0.02) from the tax collected on each disposable plastic bag. <a id="paragraph-204602" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-1747/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Beginning January 1, 2023, every retailer that collects a tax imposed by a county or city under this article shall be allowed to retain one cent ($0.01) from the tax collected on each disposable plastic bag. <a id="paragraph-204603" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-1747/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Any retailer that retains a discount pursuant to this section shall account for it in the form of a deduction when submitting its tax return and paying the amount due in a timely manner. <a id="paragraph-204604" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-1747/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2020, cc. 1022, 1023.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
