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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>65592</law_id><section_number>58.1-3009</section_number><catch_line>Tax on payrolls prohibited</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="III">Local Taxes</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="30">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>No political subdivision of this Commonwealth shall impose, <span class="dictionary">levy</span> or collect, directly or indirectly, any tax on payrolls or occupations.
		The provisions of this section shall not be deemed to prohibit or limit the withholding from an employee&#x2019;s salary of any sums required by the Social Security Act, the Unemployment Compensation Act, federal or state income tax <span class="dictionary">statutes</span>, deductions for retirement systems, or other deductions authorized by the employee or made pursuant to any assignment or execution, nor shall this section be deemed to prohibit or limit the imposition, <span class="dictionary">levy</span> or collection of any tax authorized to be imposed by Chapter 37 (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="License requirement; requiring evidence of payment of business license, business personal property, meals and admissions taxes" href="/58.1-3700/">58.1-3700</a> et seq.) of this title.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 58-851.2; 1952, c. 507; 1970, c. 748; 1984, c. 675.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
