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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>80871</law_id><section_number>58.1-478</section_number><catch_line>Withholding tax statements for employees; employers must file annual returns with Tax Commissioner; penalties</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>58.1-480</reference><reference>58.1-485</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="16">Income Tax Withholding</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Every person required to deduct and withhold from an <span class="dictionary">employee</span>&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">wages</span> under this article shall furnish to each such <span class="dictionary">employee</span> in respect to the remuneration paid by such person to such <span class="dictionary">employee</span> during the calendar year, on or before January 31 of the succeeding year, or if his employment is terminated before the close of such calendar year, on the day on which the last payment of remuneration is made, a written statement in duplicate showing the following: (i) the name of such person; (ii) the name of the <span class="dictionary">employee</span> and his social security account number; (iii) the total amount of <span class="dictionary">wages</span>; and (iv) the total amount deducted and withheld under this article by such <span class="dictionary">employer</span>. <a id="paragraph-289884" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-478/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The written statements required to be furnished pursuant to this section in respect of any remuneration shall be furnished at such other times, shall contain such other information, and shall be in such form as the <span class="dictionary">Tax Commissioner</span> may by regulations prescribe. <a id="paragraph-289885" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-478/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> 1. Every <span class="dictionary">employer</span> shall file an annual return with the <span class="dictionary">Tax Commissioner</span>, setting forth such information as the <span class="dictionary">Tax Commissioner</span> may require, not later than January 31 of the calendar year succeeding the calendar year in which <span class="dictionary">wages</span> were withheld from <span class="dictionary">employees</span>, and such annual return shall be accompanied by an additional copy of each of the written statements furnished to each <span class="dictionary">employee</span> under subsections A and B. <a id="paragraph-289886" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-478/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Every <span class="dictionary">employer</span> shall file the annual return and copies of written statements required under this subsection using an electronic medium using a format prescribed by the <span class="dictionary">Tax Commissioner</span>. <span class="dictionary">Waivers</span> shall be granted only if the <span class="dictionary">Tax Commissioner</span> finds that this requirement creates an unreasonable burden on the <span class="dictionary">employer</span>. All requests for <span class="dictionary">waiver</span> shall be submitted to the <span class="dictionary">Tax Commissioner</span> in writing. <a id="paragraph-289887" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-478/#C2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Tax Commissioner</span> shall have the authority to require every <span class="dictionary">employer</span> to furnish the names and social security numbers of all <span class="dictionary">employees</span> whose <span class="dictionary">wages</span> or withholding amounts for the taxable year are below levels specified by the <span class="dictionary">Tax Commissioner</span>. <a id="paragraph-289888" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-478/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 58-151.14; 1962, c. 612; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 171; 1984, c. 675; 1987, c. 9; 1998, c. 335; 2001, cc. 297, 307; 2010, cc. 36, 151; 2016, cc. 660, 676.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
