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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>85619</law_id><section_number>58.1-1814</section_number><catch_line>Criminal liability for failure to file returns or keep records</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="18">Enforcement, Collection, Refund, Remedies and Review of State Taxes</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">Collection of State Taxes</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Any corporate or partnership officer, as defined in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Liability of corporate officer or employee, or member, manager or employee of partnership or limited liability company, for failure to pay tax, etc" href="/58.1-1813/">58.1-1813</a>, and any other person required by <span class="dictionary">law</span> or regulations made under authority thereof to make a return, keep any records or supply any information, for the purpose of the computation, assessment or collection of any state tax administered by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Taxation, who willfully fails to make such returns, keep such records or supply such information, at the time or times required by <span class="dictionary">law</span> or regulations, shall, in addition to any other penalties provided by <span class="dictionary">law</span>, be guilty of a Class 1 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>. <a id="paragraph-306681" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-1814/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Any person who willfully utilizes a device or software to falsify the electronic records of cash registers or other point-of-sale systems or otherwise manipulates transaction records that affect any state tax liability shall, in addition to any other penalties provided by <span class="dictionary">law</span>, be guilty of a Class 1 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>. <a id="paragraph-306682" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-1814/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> In addition to the criminal <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> provided in subsection B and any other civil or criminal <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> provided in this title, any person violating subsection B shall pay a civil <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> of $20,000, to be assessed and collected by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> as other taxes are collected and deposited into the general fund. <a id="paragraph-306683" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-1814/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 58-44.1; 1972, c. 363; 1984, c. 675; 2014, cc. 723, 785.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
