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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>63405</law_id><section_number>58.1-485</section_number><catch_line>Willful failure by employer to make return, to withhold tax, to pay it or to furnish employee with withholding statement; penalty</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>Willful failure by any <span class="dictionary">employer</span> to (i) make any return required by this article to the <span class="dictionary">Tax Commissioner</span>, (ii) withhold the required tax or to pay it to the <span class="dictionary">Tax Commissioner</span> as specified, or both, or (iii) furnish an <span class="dictionary">employee</span> the written statement required by &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Withholding tax statements for employees; employers must file annual returns with Tax Commissioner; penalties" href="/58.1-478/">58.1-478</a> shall be a Class 1 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 58-151.15; 1962, c. 612; 1984, c. 675.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
