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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>68533</law_id><section_number>58.1-311</section_number><catch_line>Report of change in federal taxable income</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>58.1-311.2</reference><reference>58.1-312</reference><reference>58.1-397</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>If the amount of any <span class="dictionary">individual</span>, <span class="dictionary">estate</span>, <span class="dictionary">trust</span> or corporate <span class="dictionary">taxpayer</span>&#x2019;s federal taxable income reported on his federal income tax return for any taxable year is changed or corrected by the United States Internal Revenue Service or other competent authority, or as the result of a renegotiation of a <span class="dictionary">contract</span> or subcontract with the United States, the <span class="dictionary">taxpayer</span> shall file an amended return, or such other form as the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> may prescribe, reporting such change or correction in federal taxable income within one year after the final determination date, as defined in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Final determination date" href="/58.1-311.2/">58.1-311.2</a>, for such change, correction, or renegotiation, or as otherwise required by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span>, and shall concede the accuracy of such determination or state wherein it is erroneous. However, if the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> has sufficient information from which to compute the proper additional tax and the <span class="dictionary">taxpayer</span> has paid such tax, then the <span class="dictionary">taxpayer</span> is not required to file an amended <span class="dictionary">individual</span> income tax return. Any <span class="dictionary">taxpayer</span> filing an amended federal income tax return shall also file within one year thereafter an amended return under this chapter and shall give such information as the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> may require. The <span class="dictionary">Department</span> may by regulation prescribe such exceptions to the requirements of this section as it deems appropriate.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 58-151.0103; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 171; 1984, c. 675; 1992, c. 678; 2006, c. 234; 2020, c. 1030.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
