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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>58762</law_id><section_number>58.1-2280</section_number><catch_line>Estimates of fuel subject to tax; assessments; notice of assessment</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="8">Assessments and Collections</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>When any <span class="dictionary">licensee</span> neglects, fails or refuses to make and file any report as required by this chapter or files an incorrect or fraudulent report, the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> shall determine, from any information obtainable, the number of gallons of <span class="dictionary">fuel</span> with respect to which the <span class="dictionary">licensee</span> has incurred liability under this chapter. The <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> is authorized to make an <span class="dictionary">assessment</span> for the tax and any <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> and interest properly due against such <span class="dictionary">licensee</span>. The notice of <span class="dictionary">assessment</span> shall be sent to the <span class="dictionary">licensee</span> or delivered by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> to the last known address appearing in the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span>&#x2019;s files. Such notice, when sent or delivered in accordance with these requirements, shall be sufficient regardless of whether or not it was ever received.</p></section></text><history>2000, cc. 729, 758; 2006, c. 594.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
