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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>74084</law_id><section_number>58.1-2220</section_number><catch_line>Liability for tax on imports</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="3">Motor Fuel Tax; Liability</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The tax imposed pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Taxes levied; rate" href="/58.1-2217/">58.1-2217</a> at the point that <span class="dictionary">motor fuel</span> is imported by a <span class="dictionary">system transfer</span> (i) to a <span class="dictionary">refinery</span> shall be payable by the <span class="dictionary">refiner</span> or (ii) to a terminal shall be jointly and severally payable by the <span class="dictionary">person</span> importing the fuel and by the <span class="dictionary">terminal operator</span>. <a id="paragraph-266438" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2220/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The tax imposed pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Taxes levied; rate" href="/58.1-2217/">58.1-2217</a> at the point that <span class="dictionary">motor fuel</span> is removed from a terminal <span class="dictionary">rack</span> located in another state and has Virginia as its <span class="dictionary">destination state</span> shall be payable: <a id="paragraph-266439" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2220/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> If the <span class="dictionary">importer</span> of the fuel is a licensed <span class="dictionary">supplier</span> in Virginia and the fuel is removed for the <span class="dictionary">supplier</span>&#x2019;s own account for <span class="dictionary">use</span> in Virginia, by the <span class="dictionary">supplier</span>; <a id="paragraph-266440" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2220/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> If the supplier of the fuel is licensed in Virginia as an <span class="dictionary">elective supplier</span> or a <span class="dictionary">permissive supplier</span>, by the <span class="dictionary">importer</span> of the fuel to the supplier as <span class="dictionary">trustee</span>; or <a id="paragraph-266441" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2220/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> If subdivisions 1 and 2 do not apply, by the <span class="dictionary">importer</span> of the fuel when filing a return with the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span>. <a id="paragraph-266442" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2220/#B3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The tax imposed pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Taxes levied; rate" href="/58.1-2217/">58.1-2217</a> at the point that <span class="dictionary">motor fuel</span> is removed from a <span class="dictionary">bulk plant</span> located in another state shall be payable by the <span class="dictionary">person</span> that <span class="dictionary">imports</span> the fuel. <a id="paragraph-266443" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2220/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2000, cc. 729, 758.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
