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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>65221</law_id><section_number>58.1-2299.6</section_number><catch_line>Late filing or payment; civil penalty</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="22.1">Motor Vehicle Fuels Sales Tax in Certain Transportation Districts</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Any person who fails to file a return required by this chapter on a timely basis shall be subject to a civil <span class="dictionary">penalty</span>. The amount of the civil <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> shall be as follows: <a id="paragraph-237212" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2299.6/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> $50 for the first violation; <a id="paragraph-237213" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2299.6/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> $200 for the second violation; <a id="paragraph-237214" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2299.6/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> $500 for the third violation; and <a id="paragraph-237215" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2299.6/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> $1,000 for the fourth and subsequent violations.
				After imposition of the <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> under this subsection, the amount of the <span class="dictionary">penalty</span>, if not paid within 30 days of receipt of notice of such <span class="dictionary">penalty</span>, shall bear interest at the rate of one percent per month or fraction thereof until the <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> has been paid. <a id="paragraph-237216" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2299.6/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Interest at the rate of one percent per month or fraction thereof shall accrue on the amount of any taxes due under this chapter that have not been paid to the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> on a timely basis. Such interest shall continue to accrue until such taxes have been paid.
			Any person who fails to pay the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> on a timely basis the amount of taxes due under this chapter shall also be subject to a civil <span class="dictionary">penalty</span>. The amount of the civil <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> shall be equal to 10 percent of the tax due or $50, whichever is greater; however, penalties resulting from an audit shall be equal to 10 percent of the tax due.
			After imposition of the civil <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> under this subsection, the amount of the <span class="dictionary">penalty</span>, if not paid within 30 days of receipt of notice of such <span class="dictionary">penalty</span>, shall bear interest at the rate of one percent per month until both tax and <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> have been paid. <a id="paragraph-237217" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2299.6/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> is authorized to reduce or <span class="dictionary">waive</span> any penalties under this section if the violation is due to a reasonable or good cause shown to the satisfaction of the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span>. <a id="paragraph-237218" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2299.6/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2012, cc. 217, 225.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
