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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>82242</law_id><section_number>58.1-204</section_number><catch_line>Publication of rulings, decisions, orders and regulations</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>58.1-205</reference><reference>58.1-312</reference></referred_to_by><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="2">Department of Taxation</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Department</span> shall publish the following documents: <a id="paragraph-294700" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-204/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Regulations finally adopted by the <span class="dictionary">Tax Commissioner</span> as provided in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Regulations and rulings" href="/58.1-203/">58.1-203</a>; <a id="paragraph-294701" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-204/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> <span class="dictionary">Orders</span> of the <span class="dictionary">Tax Commissioner</span> under &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Action of Tax Commissioner on application for correction" href="/58.1-1822/">58.1-1822</a> and <a class="law" title="Protective claim for refund" href="/58.1-1824/">58.1-1824</a>; <a id="paragraph-294702" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-204/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> <span class="dictionary">Final orders</span> entered by a <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Action of court" href="/58.1-1826/">58.1-1826</a> or <a class="law" title="Correction of double assessments" href="/58.1-1827/">58.1-1827</a>, and any written <span class="dictionary">opinion</span> or <span class="dictionary">memorandum</span> of the <span class="dictionary">court</span>; <a id="paragraph-294703" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-204/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Tax bulletins, guidelines, and any written ruling or other interpretation of Virginia <span class="dictionary">law</span> which the <span class="dictionary">Tax Commissioner</span> believes may be of interest to <span class="dictionary">taxpayers</span> and practitioners. <a id="paragraph-294704" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-204/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Notwithstanding &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Person preparing tax return for another not to disclose information without consent" href="/58.1-4/">58.1-4</a> or any other provision of <span class="dictionary">law</span>, the <span class="dictionary">Tax Commissioner</span> may publish the documents described above with such changes of name, alterations and deletions as he deems necessary to preserve privileged <span class="dictionary">taxpayer</span> information. <a id="paragraph-294705" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-204/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> For purposes of this section, documents shall be deemed to be published if they are (i) compiled at regular intervals not exceeding three months, (ii) made available for inspection and copying at the <span class="dictionary">Department</span>, and (iii) published on the <span class="dictionary">Department</span>&#x2019;s website as the <span class="dictionary">Tax Commissioner</span> deems necessary to inform <span class="dictionary">taxpayers</span> and practitioners. <a id="paragraph-294706" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-204/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 58-48.7; 1980, c. 633; 1984, c. 675; 2011, c. 800.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
