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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>64448</law_id><section_number>58.1-2283</section_number><catch_line>Jeopardy 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>If the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> (i) receives notice from a <span class="dictionary">supplier</span> pursuant to subsection C of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Duties of supplier as trustee" href="/58.1-2237/">58.1-2237</a> 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>, or (ii) is of the <span class="dictionary">opinion</span> that the collection of any tax or any amount of tax required to be collected and paid under this chapter will be jeopardized by delay, the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> shall make an <span class="dictionary">assessment</span> of the tax or amount of tax required to be collected and shall mail or <span class="dictionary">issue</span> a notice of such <span class="dictionary">assessment</span> to the <span class="dictionary">taxpayer</span> with a demand for immediate payment of the tax or of the deficiency in tax declared to be in jeopardy, including penalties and interest. In the case of a tax for a current period, the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> may declare the taxable period of the <span class="dictionary">taxpayer</span> immediately terminated and shall mail or <span class="dictionary">issue</span> the notice of such <span class="dictionary">finding</span> and declaration to the <span class="dictionary">taxpayer</span> with a demand for immediate payment of the tax based on the period declared terminated, and such tax shall be immediately due and payable. <span class="dictionary">Assessments</span> provided for in this section shall become immediately due and payable. If any such tax, <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> or interest is not paid upon demand, the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> may proceed to (i) collect the same by legal process, including but not limited to filing a <span class="dictionary">memorandum</span> of <span class="dictionary">lien</span> pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Memorandum of lien for collection of taxes" href="/58.1-2284/">58.1-2284</a> or (ii) accept a <span class="dictionary">surety</span> <span class="dictionary">bond</span> or other security deemed to sufficiently ensure full payment of the amount of tax, <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> and interest assessed against the <span class="dictionary">taxpayer</span>.</p></section></text><history>2000, cc. 729, 758; 2004, c. 340.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
