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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>64523</law_id><section_number>58.1-2411</section_number><catch_line>Civil penalties upon failure to pay tax, etc</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>58.1-1740</reference></referred_to_by><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="24">Virginia Motor Vehicle Sales and Use Tax</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>When any person fails to pay the full amount of the tax required by this chapter, there shall be imposed, in addition to other penalties provided herein, a <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> to be added to the tax in the amount of ten percent or ten dollars, whichever is greater; however, if the failure is due to providential or other good cause, shown to the satisfaction of the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span>, the tax may be accepted exclusive of penalties. The $10 minimum <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> levied herein shall be applied only in cases where the payment of tax is not received within the time prescribed in this chapter and shall not be considered for audit purposes.
		In the case of a false or fraudulent application, where willful <span class="dictionary">intent</span> exists to defraud the Commonwealth of any tax due under this chapter, a specific <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> of 50 percent of the amount of the proper tax shall be assessed. It shall be prima facie <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> of <span class="dictionary">intent</span> to defraud the Commonwealth of any tax due under this chapter when any person reports the <span class="dictionary">sale price</span> of a <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle</span> at 50 percent or less of the actual amount.
		Interest at the rate of one and one-half of one percent per month, or a fraction thereof, shall accrue on both tax and <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> until paid.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 58-685.17:2; 1974, c. 477; 1982, c. 141; 1984, c. 675; 2011, cc. 405, 639.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
