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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>75466</law_id><section_number>58.1-348.1</section_number><catch_line>Fraudulent assistance; penalty</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="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="4">Accounting, Returns, Procedures for Individuals</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any <span class="dictionary">income tax return preparer</span>, as defined in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/58.1-302/">58.1-302</a>, who knowingly and willfully aids or assists in, <span class="dictionary">counsels</span> or advises the preparation or presentation of a return, <span class="dictionary">affidavit</span>, claim or other document required by this chapter that he knows is fraudulent or false as to any <span class="dictionary">material</span> matter, is guilty of a Class 6 <span class="dictionary">felony</span>.</p></section></text><history>2005, c. 48.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
