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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>64544</law_id><section_number>58.1-2231</section_number><catch_line>Remittance of tax to supplier</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>58.1-2201</reference><reference>58.1-2237</reference><reference>58.1-2272</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="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="4">Payment and Reporting of Tax on Motor Fuel</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A <span class="dictionary">distributor</span> shall remit tax due on <span class="dictionary">motor fuel</span> removed at a <span class="dictionary">terminal</span> <span class="dictionary">rack</span> to the <span class="dictionary">supplier</span> of the fuel. A licensed <span class="dictionary">distributor</span> shall not be required to remit the tax to the <span class="dictionary">supplier</span> until the date the <span class="dictionary">supplier</span> is required to pay the tax to the Commonwealth or to another state. All tax payments received by a <span class="dictionary">supplier</span> shall be held in trust by the <span class="dictionary">supplier</span> until the <span class="dictionary">supplier</span> remits the tax payment to the Commonwealth or to another state, and the <span class="dictionary">supplier</span> shall constitute the <span class="dictionary">trustee</span> for such tax payments. The date by which an unlicensed <span class="dictionary">distributor</span> is required to remit the tax to a <span class="dictionary">supplier</span> shall be governed by agreement between the <span class="dictionary">supplier</span> and the unlicensed <span class="dictionary">distributor</span>. <a id="paragraph-234882" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2231/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> A licensed <span class="dictionary">exporter</span> shall remit tax due on <span class="dictionary">motor fuel</span> removed at a <span class="dictionary">terminal</span> <span class="dictionary">rack</span> to the <span class="dictionary">supplier</span> of the fuel. The date by which an <span class="dictionary">exporter</span> shall remit tax shall be governed by the <span class="dictionary">law</span> of the <span class="dictionary">destination state</span> of the exported <span class="dictionary">motor fuel</span>. <a id="paragraph-234883" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2231/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> A licensed <span class="dictionary">importer</span> shall remit tax due on <span class="dictionary">motor fuel</span> removed at a <span class="dictionary">terminal</span> <span class="dictionary">rack</span> of a permissive or an <span class="dictionary">elective supplier</span> to the supplier of the fuel. A licensed <span class="dictionary">importer</span> who removes fuel from a <span class="dictionary">terminal</span> <span class="dictionary">rack</span> of a permissive or an <span class="dictionary">elective supplier</span> shall not be required to remit the tax to the supplier until the date the supplier is required to pay the tax to the Commonwealth. <a id="paragraph-234884" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2231/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> The license of a licensed <span class="dictionary">distributor</span>, <span class="dictionary">exporter</span> or <span class="dictionary">importer</span> who fails to pay the full amount of tax required by this chapter is subject to cancellation as provided in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="License cancellation" href="/58.1-2215/">58.1-2215</a>. <a id="paragraph-234885" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2231/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2000, cc. 729, 758.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
