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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>59009</law_id><section_number>58.1-2209</section_number><catch_line>Supplier election to collect tax on out-of-state removals</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="II">Taxes Administered by Other Agencies</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="22">Virginia Fuels Tax Act</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="2">Motor Fuel Licensing</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> An applicant for a license as a supplier may elect on the application to collect the tax due the Commonwealth on <span class="dictionary">motor fuel</span> that is removed at a <span class="dictionary">terminal</span> located in another state and has Virginia as its <span class="dictionary">destination state</span>. The <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> shall provide for this election on the application form. A supplier who makes the election allowed by this section shall be an <span class="dictionary">elective supplier</span>. A supplier who does not make the election allowed by this section shall be an <span class="dictionary">in-state-only supplier</span>. A supplier who does not make the election on the application for a supplier&#x2019;s license may make the election later by completing an election form provided by the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span>. A supplier who has not made the election shall not act as an <span class="dictionary">elective supplier</span> for purposes of this chapter. <a id="paragraph-216354" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2209/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> A supplier who makes the election allowed by this section shall comply with all of the following with respect to <span class="dictionary">motor fuel</span> that is removed at a <span class="dictionary">terminal</span> located in another state and has Virginia as its <span class="dictionary">destination state</span>: <a id="paragraph-216355" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2209/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Collect the tax due the Commonwealth on the fuel; <a id="paragraph-216356" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2209/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> <span class="dictionary">Waive</span> any defense that the Commonwealth lacks <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> to require the supplier to collect the tax due the Commonwealth on the fuel under this chapter; <a id="paragraph-216357" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2209/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Report and pay the tax due on the fuel in the same manner as if the <span class="dictionary">removal</span> had occurred at a <span class="dictionary">terminal</span> located in Virginia; <a id="paragraph-216358" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2209/#B3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Keep records of the <span class="dictionary">removal</span> of the fuel and submit to audits concerning the fuel as if the <span class="dictionary">removal</span> had occurred at a <span class="dictionary">terminal</span> located in Virginia; and <a id="paragraph-216359" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2209/#B4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> Report sales by the supplier to a <span class="dictionary">person</span> who is not licensed in the state where the <span class="dictionary">removal</span> occurred if the <span class="dictionary">destination state</span> is Virginia. <a id="paragraph-216360" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2209/#B5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> A supplier who makes the election allowed by this section (i) acknowledges that the Commonwealth imposes the requirements listed in subsection B of this section on the supplier under its general police power and (ii) submits to the <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> of the Commonwealth only for purposes related to the administration of this chapter. <a id="paragraph-216361" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2209/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2000, cc. 729, 758.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
