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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>57409</law_id><section_number>58.1-2257</section_number><catch_line>Duties of provider of alternative fuel as trustee</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="5">Provisions Applicable to Alternative Fuels</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">provider of alternative fuel</span> pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Remittance of tax to provider of alternative fuel" href="/58.1-2252/">58.1-2252</a> shall be held by the <span class="dictionary">provider of alternative fuel</span> as <span class="dictionary">trustee</span> in trust for the Commonwealth, and a <span class="dictionary">provider of alternative fuel</span> has a fiduciary duty to remit to the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> the amount of tax received by the <span class="dictionary">provider of alternative fuel</span>. A <span class="dictionary">provider of alternative fuel</span> shall be liable for the taxes paid to him. <a id="paragraph-210362" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2257/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> A <span class="dictionary">provider of alternative fuel</span> shall notify a <span class="dictionary">bulk user of alternative fuel</span> or <span class="dictionary">retailer of alternative fuel</span> who has posted a <span class="dictionary">bond</span> in accordance with &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Bond or certificate of deposit requirements" href="/58.1-2246/">58.1-2246</a> and who received alternative fuel from the <span class="dictionary">provider of alternative fuel</span> during a reporting period of the number of taxable gallons or equivalent taxable gallons received. The <span class="dictionary">provider of alternative fuel</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">provider of alternative fuel</span> the amount of tax due on the fuel. <a id="paragraph-210363" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2257/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> A <span class="dictionary">provider of alternative fuel</span> shall notify the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> within ten business days after a return is due of any licensed <span class="dictionary">bulk user of alternative fuel</span> or <span class="dictionary">retailer of alternative fuel</span> who (i) has posted a <span class="dictionary">bond</span> in accordance with &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Bond or certificate of deposit requirements" href="/58.1-2246/">58.1-2246</a> and (ii) did not pay the tax due the <span class="dictionary">provider of alternative fuel</span> when the provider 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-210364" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2257/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> A <span class="dictionary">provider of alternative fuel</span> who receives a payment of tax shall not apply the payment to a debt that the <span class="dictionary">person</span> making the tax payment owes to the <span class="dictionary">provider of alternative fuel</span> for alternative fuel purchased from the <span class="dictionary">provider of alternative fuel</span>. <a id="paragraph-210365" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2257/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2000, cc. 729, 758.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
