<?xml version="1.0"?>
<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>82538</law_id><section_number>58.1-302</section_number><catch_line>Definitions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>28.2-201.1</reference><reference>46.2-328.3</reference><reference>46.2-345.3</reference><reference>58.1-3</reference><reference>58.1-341.2</reference><reference>58.1-348.1</reference><reference>58.1-396</reference><reference>58.1-422.1</reference><reference>58.1-439.24</reference><reference>58.1-442</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="I">Taxes Administered by the Department of Taxation</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3">Income Tax</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>For the purpose of this chapter and unless otherwise required by the context:
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Affiliated</span>&#x201D; means two or more <span class="dictionary">corporations</span> subject to Virginia income taxes whose relationship to each other is such that (i) one <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> owns at least 80 percent of the voting stock of the other or others or (ii) at least 80 percent of the voting stock of two or more <span class="dictionary">corporations</span> is owned by the same interests.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Compensation</span>&#x201D; means wages, salaries, commissions and any other form of remuneration paid or accrued to employees for personal services.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Corporation</span>&#x201D; includes associations, joint stock companies and insurance companies.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Domicile</span>&#x201D; means the permanent place of residence of a <span class="dictionary">taxpayer</span> and the place to which he intends to return even though he may actually reside elsewhere. In determining <span class="dictionary">domicile</span>, consideration may be given to the applicant&#x2019;s expressed <span class="dictionary">intent</span>, conduct, and all attendant circumstances including, but not limited to, financial independence, business pursuits, employment, income sources, residence for federal income tax purposes, marital status, residence of parents, spouse and children, if any, leasehold, sites of personal and real property owned by the applicant, motor vehicle and other personal property registration, residence for purposes of voting as proven by registration to vote, if any, and such other factors as may reasonably be deemed necessary to determine the person&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">domicile</span>.
		&#x201C;Foreign source income&#x201D; means:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Interest, other than interest derived from sources within the United States; <a id="paragraph-295708" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-302/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Dividends, other than dividends derived from sources within the United States; <a id="paragraph-295709" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-302/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Rents, royalties, license, and technical fees from property located or services performed without the United States or from any interest in such property, including rents, royalties, or fees for the use of or the <span class="dictionary">privilege</span> of using without the United States any patents, copyrights, secret processes and formulas, good will, trademarks, trade brands, franchises, and other like properties; <a id="paragraph-295710" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-302/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Gains, profits, or other income from the sale of intangible or real property located without the United States; and <a id="paragraph-295711" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-302/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="5"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> The amount of an <span class="dictionary">individual</span>&#x2019;s share of net income attributable to a foreign source qualified business unit of an electing small business <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> (S <span class="dictionary">corporation</span>). For purposes of this subsection, qualified business unit shall be defined by &#xA7; 989 of the Internal Revenue Code, and the source of such income shall be determined in accordance with &#xA7;&#xA7; 861, 862 and 987 of the Internal Revenue Code.
			In determining the source of &#x201C;foreign source income,&#x201D; the provisions of &#xA7;&#xA7; 861, 862, and 863 of the Internal Revenue Code shall be applied except as specifically provided in subsection 5 above.
			&#x201C;Income and deductions from Virginia sources&#x201D; includes: <a id="paragraph-295712" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-302/#5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Items of income, gain, loss and deduction attributable to:
			a. The ownership of any interest in real or tangible personal property in Virginia;
			b. A business, trade, profession or occupation carried on in Virginia; or
			c. Prizes paid by the Virginia Lottery <span class="dictionary">Department</span>, and gambling winnings from wagers placed or paid at a location in Virginia. <a id="paragraph-295713" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-302/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Income from intangible personal property, including annuities, dividends, interest, royalties and gains from the <span class="dictionary">disposition</span> of intangible personal property to the extent that such income is from property employed by the <span class="dictionary">taxpayer</span> in a business, trade, profession, or occupation carried on in Virginia.
			&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Income tax return preparer</span>&#x201D; means any person who prepares for <span class="dictionary">compensation</span>, or who employs one or more persons to prepare for <span class="dictionary">compensation</span>, any return of tax imposed by this chapter or any claim for refund of tax. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the preparation for <span class="dictionary">compensation</span> of any portion of a return or claim for refund shall be treated as if it were the preparation of the return or claim for refund. A person shall not be an &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">income tax return preparer</span>&#x201D; merely because the person: <a id="paragraph-295714" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-302/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Furnishes typing, reproducing, or other mechanical assistance; <a id="paragraph-295715" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-302/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Prepares a return or claim for refund of the employer (or of an officer or employee of the employer) by whom he is regularly and continuously employed; <a id="paragraph-295716" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-302/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Prepares as a fiduciary a return or claim for refund for any person; or <a id="paragraph-295717" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-302/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Prepares an application for correction of an erroneous assessment or a protective claim for refund for a <span class="dictionary">taxpayer</span> in response to any assessment pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Assessment of omitted taxes by the Department of Taxation" href="/58.1-1812/">58.1-1812</a> issued to the <span class="dictionary">taxpayer</span> or in response to any <span class="dictionary">waiver</span> pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Waiver of time limitation on assessment of taxes" href="/58.1-101/">58.1-101</a> or <a class="law" title="Waiver of time limitation on assessment of omitted or additional state taxes" href="/58.1-220/">58.1-220</a> after the commencement of an audit of the <span class="dictionary">taxpayer</span> or another <span class="dictionary">taxpayer</span> if a determination in such audit of such other <span class="dictionary">taxpayer</span> directly or indirectly affects the tax liability of such <span class="dictionary">taxpayer</span>.
			&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Individual</span>&#x201D; means all natural persons whether married or unmarried and fiduciaries acting for natural persons, but not fiduciaries acting for <span class="dictionary">trusts</span> or <span class="dictionary">estates</span>.
			&#x201C;Intangible expenses and costs&#x201D; means: <a id="paragraph-295718" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-302/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Expenses, losses and costs for, related to, or in connection directly or indirectly with the direct or indirect acquisition, use, maintenance or management, ownership, sale, exchange, lease, transfer, or any other <span class="dictionary">disposition</span> of <span class="dictionary">intangible property</span> to the extent such amounts are allowed as deductions or costs in determining taxable income; <a id="paragraph-295719" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-302/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Losses related to or incurred in connection directly or indirectly with factoring transactions or discounting transactions; <a id="paragraph-295720" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-302/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Royalty, patent, technical and copyright fees; <a id="paragraph-295721" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-302/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Licensing fees; and <a id="paragraph-295722" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-302/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="5"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> Other similar expenses and costs.
			&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Intangible property</span>&#x201D; means patents, patent applications, trade names, trademarks, service marks, copyrights and similar types of intangible <span class="dictionary">assets</span>.
			&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Interest expenses and costs</span>&#x201D; means amounts directly or indirectly allowed as deductions under &#xA7; 163 of the Internal Revenue Code for purposes of determining taxable income under the Internal Revenue Code to the extent such expenses and costs are directly or indirectly for, related to, or in connection with the direct or indirect acquisition, use, maintenance, management, ownership, sale, exchange, lease, transfer, or <span class="dictionary">disposition</span> of <span class="dictionary">intangible property</span>.
			&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Nonresident estate or trust</span>&#x201D; means an estate or trust which is not a <span class="dictionary">resident</span> estate or trust.
			&#x201C;Related entity&#x201D; means: <a id="paragraph-295723" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-302/#5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> A stockholder who is an <span class="dictionary">individual</span>, or a member of the stockholder&#x2019;s family enumerated in &#xA7; 318 of the Internal Revenue Code, if the stockholder and the members of the stockholder&#x2019;s family own, directly, indirectly, beneficially or constructively, in the aggregate, at least 50 percent of the value of the <span class="dictionary">taxpayer</span>&#x2019;s outstanding stock; <a id="paragraph-295724" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-302/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> A stockholder, or a stockholder&#x2019;s partnership, limited liability company, estate, trust or <span class="dictionary">corporation</span>, if the stockholder and the stockholder&#x2019;s partnerships, limited liability companies, <span class="dictionary">estates</span>, <span class="dictionary">trusts</span> and <span class="dictionary">corporations</span> own directly, indirectly, beneficially or constructively, in the aggregate, at least 50 percent of the value of the <span class="dictionary">taxpayer</span>&#x2019;s outstanding stock; or <a id="paragraph-295725" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-302/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> A <span class="dictionary">corporation</span>, or a <span class="dictionary">party</span> related to the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> in a manner that would require an attribution of stock from the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> to the <span class="dictionary">party</span> or from the <span class="dictionary">party</span> to the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> under the attribution rules of &#xA7; 318 of the Internal Revenue Code, if the <span class="dictionary">taxpayer</span> owns, directly, indirectly, beneficially or constructively, at least 50 percent of the value of the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span>&#x2019;s outstanding stock. The attribution rules of &#xA7; 318 of the Internal Revenue Code shall apply for purposes of determining whether the ownership requirements of this subdivision have been met.
			&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Related member</span>&#x201D; means a person that, with respect to the <span class="dictionary">taxpayer</span> during all or any portion of the taxable year, is a related entity, a component member as defined in &#xA7; 1563(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, or is a person to or from whom there is attribution of stock ownership in accordance with &#xA7; 1563(e) of the Internal Revenue Code.
			&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Resident</span>&#x201D; applies only to natural persons and includes, for the purpose of determining liability for the taxes imposed by this chapter upon the income of any taxable year every person domiciled in Virginia at any time during the taxable year and every other person who, for an aggregate of more than 183 days of the taxable year, maintained his place of abode within Virginia, whether domiciled in Virginia or not. The word &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">resident</span>&#x201D; shall not include any member of the United States Congress who is domiciled in another state.
			&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Resident</span> estate or trust&#x201D; means: <a id="paragraph-295726" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-302/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The estate of a decedent who at his death was domiciled in the Commonwealth; <a id="paragraph-295727" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-302/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> A trust created by will of a decedent who at his death was domiciled in the Commonwealth; or <a id="paragraph-295728" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-302/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> A trust created by or consisting of property of a person domiciled in the Commonwealth.
			&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Sales</span>&#x201D; means all gross receipts of the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> not allocated under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="How dividends allocated" href="/58.1-407/">58.1-407</a>, except the sale or other <span class="dictionary">disposition</span> of <span class="dictionary">intangible property</span> shall include only the net gain realized from the transaction.
			&#x201C;State,&#x201D; for purposes of Article 10 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Imposition of tax" href="/58.1-400/">58.1-400</a> et seq.), means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, any territory or <span class="dictionary">possession</span> of the United States, and any foreign country.
			&#x201C;Trust&#x201D; or &#x201C;estate&#x201D; means a trust or estate, or a fiduciary thereof, which is required to file a fiduciary income tax return under the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of the United States.
			&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Virginia fiduciary adjustment</span>&#x201D; means the net amount of the applicable modifications described in &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Virginia taxable income; additions" href="/58.1-322.01/">58.1-322.01</a>, <a class="law" title="Virginia taxable income; subtractions" href="/58.1-322.02/">58.1-322.02</a>, and <a class="law" title="Virginia taxable income; additional modifications" href="/58.1-322.04/">58.1-322.04</a> (including subdivision 1 of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Virginia taxable income; additional modifications" href="/58.1-322.04/">58.1-322.04</a> if the estate or trust is a beneficiary of another estate or trust) which relate to items of income, gain, loss or deduction of an estate or trust. The fiduciary adjustment shall not include the modification in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Virginia taxable income; deductions" href="/58.1-322.03/">58.1-322.03</a>, except that the amount of state income taxes excluded from federal taxable income shall be included. The fiduciary adjustment shall also include the modification in subdivision 7 of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Virginia taxable income; deductions" href="/58.1-322.03/">58.1-322.03</a> regarding the deduction for the purchase of a prepaid tuition <span class="dictionary">contract</span> or contribution to a savings trust account. <a id="paragraph-295729" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-302/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 58-151.02, 58-151.013, 58-151.023, 58-151.034, 58-151.081; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 171; 1972, cc. 310, 827; 1973, cc. 198, 345, 458; 1974, c. 682; 1975, c. 46; 1976, cc. 528, 694, 781; 1977, cc. 297, 612; 1978, cc. 67, 158; 1979, cc. 226, 404, 596; 1981, cc. 402, 414; 1982, c. 633; 1983, cc. 452, 472; 1984, cc. 153, 162, 636, 674, 675, 729; 1990, c. 294; 1992, c. 678; 1995, c. 602; 2000, cc. 382, 400; 2004, Sp. Sess. I, c. 3; 2005, c. 48; 2017, c. 444; 2019, cc. 23, 192.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
