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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>83340</law_id><section_number>58.1-498</section_number><catch_line>Oaths or affirmations unnecessary on returns, declarations and reports; misdemeanor to file false return, declaration or report</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="19">Estimated Tax</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>No return, declaration, or report filed under this article need be verified by the <span class="dictionary">oath</span> or affirmation of the person or persons who are required by <span class="dictionary">law</span> to file the same. Any such person who willfully files any such return, declaration or report which he does not believe to be true and correct as to every <span class="dictionary">material</span> matter shall be guilty of a Class 1 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 58-151.30; 1962, c. 612; 1984, c. 675; 1996, c. 315.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
