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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>79092</law_id><section_number>58.1-399.1</section_number><catch_line>Elective payment by a partnership</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>58.1-399.2</reference><reference>58.1-399.3</reference><reference>58.1-399.4</reference><reference>58.1-399.7</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="9.1">Reporting Adjustments to Federal Taxable Income from Federal Partnership Audits</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Notwithstanding &#xA7;&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Taxation of pass-through entities" href="/58.1-390.2/">58.1-390.2</a> and <a class="law" title="Reporting and payment requirements for a partnership subject to a final federal adjustment" href="/58.1-399/">58.1-399</a>, an <span class="dictionary">audited partnership</span> may make an elective payment pursuant to the provisions of this section. Such partnership shall: <a id="paragraph-283305" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-399.1/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> No later than 90 days after the <span class="dictionary">final determination date</span>, file a completed <span class="dictionary">federal adjustments report</span>, which shall include any information required by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span>; <a id="paragraph-283306" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-399.1/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> No later than 90 days after a <span class="dictionary">final determination date</span>, notify the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> that it is making an elective payment; and <a id="paragraph-283307" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-399.1/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> No later than one year after the <span class="dictionary">final determination date</span>, pay the elective payment amount specified in subsection B. Such amount shall be in lieu of taxes owed by the direct and indirect <span class="dictionary">partners</span>. <a id="paragraph-283308" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-399.1/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The elective payment amount shall be the amount of <span class="dictionary">final federal adjustments</span>, subject to the following modifications: <a id="paragraph-283309" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-399.1/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The elective payment amount shall exclude the distributive share of <span class="dictionary">final federal adjustments</span> that is reported to a direct exempt <span class="dictionary">partner</span>; <a id="paragraph-283310" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-399.1/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> For the total distributive shares of the remaining <span class="dictionary">final federal adjustments</span> reported to (i) any direct <span class="dictionary">corporate partner</span> subject to tax under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Imposition of tax" href="/58.1-400/">58.1-400</a> and (ii) any direct exempt partner subject to tax under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Imposition of tax" href="/58.1-400/">58.1-400</a> on its unrelated business income or other taxable income, such adjustments shall be apportioned or allocated, as applicable, pursuant to the provisions of &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Corporations transacting or conducting entire business within this Commonwealth" href="/58.1-405/">58.1-405</a> through <a class="law" title="Income tax paid by commercial spaceflight entities" href="/58.1-423/">58.1-423</a> and, after such apportionment or allocation, shall be multiplied by the tax rate specified in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Imposition of tax" href="/58.1-400/">58.1-400</a> and, after such multiplication, shall be included in the elective payment; <a id="paragraph-283311" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-399.1/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> For the total distributive shares of the remaining <span class="dictionary">final federal adjustments</span> reported to any nonresident direct partner that is subject to tax under Article 2 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Imposition of tax" href="/58.1-320/">58.1-320</a> et seq.) or 6 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Imposition of tax" href="/58.1-360/">58.1-360</a> et seq.), such adjustments shall be sourced to Virginia pursuant to applicable <span class="dictionary">laws</span> governing sourcing, and any adjustments sourced to Virginia shall be multiplied by the highest tax rate specified in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Imposition of tax" href="/58.1-320/">58.1-320</a> and, after such multiplication, shall be included in the elective payment; <a id="paragraph-283312" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-399.1/#B3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> For the total distributive shares of the remaining <span class="dictionary">final federal adjustments</span> reported to any <span class="dictionary">tiered partner</span>, the elective payment shall include the amount specified in this subdivision. Subject to the modifications specified in this subdivision, the amount shall (i) include that portion of the adjustments that are of a type that would be sourced to Virginia pursuant to applicable <span class="dictionary">laws</span> governing sourcing, and (ii) include all adjustments that are of a type that would not be subject to sourcing in Virginia pursuant to applicable <span class="dictionary">laws</span> governing sourcing. However, the amount specified in clause (ii) shall exclude any amount that can be established, under guidelines issued by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span>, to be properly (a) allocable to a nonresident indirect partner, (b) allocable to a partner that is not subject to tax on such amount, or (c) excludable under procedures for alternative reporting and payment as specified in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Alternative reporting and payment method" href="/58.1-399.3/">58.1-399.3</a>. The amount specified in clauses (i) and (ii), as reduced by the exclusions specified in clauses (a), (b), and (c), shall be multiplied by the highest tax rate specified in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Imposition of tax" href="/58.1-320/">58.1-320</a> or <a class="law" title="Imposition of tax" href="/58.1-360/">58.1-360</a>, as applicable, and, after such multiplication, shall be included in the elective payment; <a id="paragraph-283313" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-399.1/#B4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> For the total distributive shares of the remaining <span class="dictionary">final federal adjustments</span> reported to any <span class="dictionary">resident</span> direct partner that is subject to tax under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Imposition of tax" href="/58.1-320/">58.1-320</a> or <a class="law" title="Imposition of tax" href="/58.1-360/">58.1-360</a>, such adjustments shall be multiplied by the highest tax rate specified in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Imposition of tax" href="/58.1-320/">58.1-320</a> or <a class="law" title="Imposition of tax" href="/58.1-360/">58.1-360</a>, as applicable, and, after such multiplication, shall be included in the elective payment; and <a id="paragraph-283314" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-399.1/#B5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B6" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> and interest provided for by this title shall be included in the elective payment. <a id="paragraph-283315" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-399.1/#B6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2020, c. 1030.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
