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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>58290</law_id><section_number>58.1-3705</section_number><catch_line>License tax shall be uniform</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="37">License Taxes</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Whenever any county, city or town levies a license tax, the basis for such tax, whether it be <span class="dictionary">gross receipts</span> or otherwise, shall be the same for all persons engaged in the same <span class="dictionary">business</span>, trade, occupation or calling.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 58-266.5; 1956, c. 449; 1962, c. 278; 1972, c. 601; 1974, c. 386; 1984, c. 675.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
