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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>60272</law_id><section_number>58.1-481</section_number><catch_line>Withheld taxes not deductible in computing taxable income</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="16">Income Tax Withholding</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The tax deducted and withheld under this article shall not be allowed as a deduction either to the <span class="dictionary">employer</span> or to the recipient of the income in computing taxable income under this chapter.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 58-151.18; 1962, c. 612; 1984, c. 675.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
