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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>86207</law_id><section_number>58.1-2237</section_number><catch_line>Duties of supplier as trustee</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>58.1-2283</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> All tax payments due to the Commonwealth received by a <span class="dictionary">supplier</span> pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Remittance of tax to supplier" href="/58.1-2231/">58.1-2231</a> shall be held by the <span class="dictionary">supplier</span> as <span class="dictionary">trustee</span> in trust for the Commonwealth, and a <span class="dictionary">supplier</span> has a fiduciary duty to remit to the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> the amount of tax received by the <span class="dictionary">supplier</span>. A <span class="dictionary">supplier</span> shall be liable for the taxes paid to him. <a id="paragraph-308800" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2237/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> A <span class="dictionary">supplier</span> shall notify a licensed <span class="dictionary">distributor</span>, licensed <span class="dictionary">exporter</span>, or licensed <span class="dictionary">importer</span> who received <span class="dictionary">motor fuel</span> from the <span class="dictionary">supplier</span> during a reporting period of the number of taxable gallons received. The <span class="dictionary">supplier</span> shall give this notice after the end of each reporting period and before the <span class="dictionary">licensee</span> is required to remit to the <span class="dictionary">supplier</span> the amount of tax due on the fuel. <a id="paragraph-308801" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2237/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> A <span class="dictionary">supplier</span> of <span class="dictionary">motor fuel</span> at a <span class="dictionary">terminal</span> shall notify the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> within 10 business days after a return is due of any licensed <span class="dictionary">distributor</span> or licensed <span class="dictionary">importer</span> who did not pay the tax due the <span class="dictionary">supplier</span> when the <span class="dictionary">supplier</span> filed his return. The notice shall be transmitted to the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> in the form required by the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span>. <a id="paragraph-308802" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2237/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> A <span class="dictionary">supplier</span> who receives a payment of tax shall not apply the payment to a debt that the <span class="dictionary">person</span> making the payment owes the <span class="dictionary">supplier</span> for <span class="dictionary">motor fuel</span> purchased from the <span class="dictionary">supplier</span>. <a id="paragraph-308803" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2237/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2000, cc. 729, 758; 2004, c. 340.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
