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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>58774</law_id><section_number>58.1-2299.7</section_number><catch_line>False or fraudulent return; 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><p>Any person liable for a tax levied under this chapter who files a false or fraudulent return with the <span class="dictionary">intent</span> to evade the tax shall be subject to a civil <span class="dictionary">penalty</span>. The amount of the civil <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> shall be equal to 50 percent of the amount of the tax intended to be evaded by the filing of such return. The civil <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> shall be in addition to the amount of the tax intended to be evaded.</p></section></text><history>2012, cc. 217, 225.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
