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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>71244</law_id><section_number>58.1-2501.1</section_number><catch_line>Premium tax; travel insurance</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>38.2-1887</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="25">License Tax on Certain Insurance Companies</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">Levy</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> As used in this section:
			&#x201C;Blanket travel insurance&#x201D; has the same meaning ascribed thereto in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Application of article; definitions" href="/38.2-1887/">38.2-1887</a>.
			&#x201C;Primary certificate holder&#x201D; has the same meaning ascribed thereto in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Application of article; definitions" href="/38.2-1887/">38.2-1887</a>.
			&#x201C;Primary policyholder&#x201D; has the same meaning ascribed thereto in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Application of article; definitions" href="/38.2-1887/">38.2-1887</a>.
			&#x201C;Travel assistance services&#x201D; has the same meaning ascribed thereto in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Application of article; definitions" href="/38.2-1887/">38.2-1887</a>.
			&#x201C;Travel insurance&#x201D; has the same meaning ascribed thereto in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Application of article; definitions" href="/38.2-1887/">38.2-1887</a>. <a id="paragraph-256785" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2501.1/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> A travel insurer shall pay premium <span class="dictionary">tax</span> as provided in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Levy of license tax" href="/58.1-2501/">58.1-2501</a> on travel insurance premiums paid by any of the following: <a id="paragraph-256786" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2501.1/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> A primary policyholder who is a <span class="dictionary">resident</span> of the Commonwealth; <a id="paragraph-256787" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2501.1/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> A primary certificate holder that is a <span class="dictionary">resident</span> of the Commonwealth; or <a id="paragraph-256788" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2501.1/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> A blanket travel insurance policyholder that is a <span class="dictionary">resident</span> of the Commonwealth or that has its principal place of business or the principal place of business of an affiliate or subsidiary that has purchased blanket travel insurance in the Commonwealth for eligible blanket group members, subject to apportionment rules that apply to the insurer across multiple taxing <span class="dictionary">jurisdictions</span> or that permits the insurer to allocate premiums on an apportioned basis in a reasonable and <span class="dictionary">equitable</span> manner in those <span class="dictionary">jurisdictions</span>. <a id="paragraph-256789" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2501.1/#B3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> A travel insurer shall (i) document the state of residence or principal place of business of the primary policyholder or primary certificate holder and (ii) report as premium only the amount allocable to travel insurance and not any amounts received for travel assistance services or cancellation fee <span class="dictionary">waivers</span>. <a id="paragraph-256790" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2501.1/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2019, cc. 266, 346.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
