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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>72880</law_id><section_number>58.1-3841</section_number><catch_line>Situs for taxation of the sale of food and beverages</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="38">Miscellaneous Taxes</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="8">Other Permissible Taxes</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The situs for taxation for any tax levied on the <span class="dictionary">sale</span> of food and beverages or meals shall be the county, city, or town in which the <span class="dictionary">sales</span> are made, namely the locality in which each place of business is located without regard to the locality of delivery or possible use by the purchaser. The term &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">sale</span>&#x201D; means a final <span class="dictionary">sale</span> to the ultimate consumer. <a id="paragraph-262591" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-3841/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> If any person has a definite place of business or maintains an office in more than one locality, then such other locality may impose its tax on the <span class="dictionary">sale</span> of food and beverages or meals which are made by such person, provided the locality imposes a local tax on the <span class="dictionary">sale</span> of food and beverages or meals. <a id="paragraph-262592" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-3841/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1990, c. 843.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
