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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>58760</law_id><section_number>58.1-2238</section_number><catch_line>Returns and discounts of importers</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="4">Payment and Reporting of Tax on Motor Fuel</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A monthly return of a <span class="dictionary">bonded importer</span> or an <span class="dictionary">occasional importer</span> shall contain the following information concerning <span class="dictionary">motor fuel</span> imported during the period covered by the return and any other information required by the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span>: <a id="paragraph-215332" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2238/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The number of gallons of imported <span class="dictionary">motor fuel</span> acquired from a <span class="dictionary">supplier</span> who collected the tax due the Commonwealth on the fuel; <a id="paragraph-215333" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2238/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The number of gallons of imported <span class="dictionary">motor fuel</span> acquired from a <span class="dictionary">supplier</span> who did not collect the tax due the Commonwealth on the fuel, listed by source state, <span class="dictionary">supplier</span>, and <span class="dictionary">terminal</span>; and <a id="paragraph-215334" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2238/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> If he is an <span class="dictionary">occasional importer</span>, the number of gallons of imported <span class="dictionary">motor fuel</span> acquired from a <span class="dictionary">bulk plant</span>, listed by <span class="dictionary">bulk plant</span>. <a id="paragraph-215335" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2238/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> An importer shall not deduct an administrative discount under subsection C of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Deductions; percentage discount" href="/58.1-2233/">58.1-2233</a> from the amount remitted with a return. An importer who <span class="dictionary">imports</span> <span class="dictionary">motor fuel</span> received from an <span class="dictionary">elective supplier</span> or a <span class="dictionary">permissive supplier</span> may deduct the percentage discount allowed by subsection C of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Deductions; percentage discount" href="/58.1-2233/">58.1-2233</a> when remitting tax to the supplier, as <span class="dictionary">trustee</span>, for payment to the Commonwealth. An importer who <span class="dictionary">imports</span> <span class="dictionary">motor fuel</span> received from a supplier who is not an <span class="dictionary">elective supplier</span> or a <span class="dictionary">permissive supplier</span> shall not deduct the percentage discount allowed by subsection C of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Deductions; percentage discount" href="/58.1-2233/">58.1-2233</a> when filing a return for the tax due. <a id="paragraph-215336" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2238/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2000, cc. 729, 758; 2003, c. 781.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
