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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>74994</law_id><section_number>58.1-610</section_number><catch_line>Contractors</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>58.1-1812</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="6">Retail Sales and Use Tax</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">person</span> who <span class="dictionary">contracts</span> orally, in writing, or by purchase <span class="dictionary">order</span>, to perform construction, reconstruction, installation, repair, or any other service with respect to real estate or fixtures thereon, and in connection therewith to furnish <span class="dictionary">tangible personal property</span>, shall be deemed to have purchased such <span class="dictionary">tangible personal property</span> for <span class="dictionary">use</span> or consumption. Any <span class="dictionary">sale</span>, <span class="dictionary">distribution</span>, or lease to or <span class="dictionary">storage</span> for such <span class="dictionary">person</span> shall be deemed a <span class="dictionary">sale</span>, <span class="dictionary">distribution</span>, or lease to or <span class="dictionary">storage</span> for the ultimate consumer and not for resale, and the dealer making the <span class="dictionary">sale</span>, <span class="dictionary">distribution</span>, or lease to or <span class="dictionary">storage</span> for such <span class="dictionary">person</span> shall be obligated to collect the tax to the extent required by this chapter. <a id="paragraph-269399" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-610/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">person</span> who <span class="dictionary">contracts</span> to perform services <span class="dictionary">in this Commonwealth</span> and is furnished <span class="dictionary">tangible personal property</span> for <span class="dictionary">use</span> under the <span class="dictionary">contract</span> by the <span class="dictionary">person</span>, or his agent or representative, for whom the <span class="dictionary">contract</span> is performed, and a <span class="dictionary">sales</span> or <span class="dictionary">use</span> tax has not been paid to this Commonwealth by the <span class="dictionary">person</span> supplying the <span class="dictionary">tangible personal property</span>, shall be deemed to be the consumer of the <span class="dictionary">tangible personal property</span> so used, and shall pay a <span class="dictionary">use</span> tax based on the fair market value of the <span class="dictionary">tangible personal property</span> so used, irrespective of whether or not any right, title or interest in the <span class="dictionary">tangible personal property</span> becomes vested in the contractor. This subsection, however, shall not apply to the industrial <span class="dictionary">materials</span> exclusion or the other industrial exclusions set out in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Commercial and industrial exemptions" href="/58.1-609.3/">58.1-609.3</a>, including those set out in subdivisions 2, 3 and 4 thereof; the media-related exemptions set out in subdivision 2 of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Media-related exemptions" href="/58.1-609.6/">58.1-609.6</a>; the governmental exclusions set out in subdivision 4 of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Governmental and commodities exemptions" href="/58.1-609.1/">58.1-609.1</a>; the agricultural exclusions set forth in subdivisions 1 and 8 of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Agricultural exemptions" href="/58.1-609.2/">58.1-609.2</a>; or the exclusion for baptistries set forth in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Miscellaneous exemptions" href="/58.1-609.10/">58.1-609.10</a>. <a id="paragraph-269400" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-610/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">person</span> who <span class="dictionary">contracts</span> orally, in writing, or by purchase <span class="dictionary">order</span> to perform any service in the nature of equipment rental, and the principal part of that service is the furnishing of equipment or machinery which will not be under the exclusive control of the contractor, shall be liable for the <span class="dictionary">sales</span> or <span class="dictionary">use</span> tax on the <span class="dictionary">gross proceeds</span> from such <span class="dictionary">contract</span> to the same extent as the lessor of <span class="dictionary">tangible personal property</span>. <a id="paragraph-269401" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-610/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> <span class="dictionary">Tangible personal property</span> incorporated in real property construction which loses its identity as <span class="dictionary">tangible personal property</span> shall be deemed to be <span class="dictionary">tangible personal property</span> used or consumed within the meaning of this section. <a id="paragraph-269402" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-610/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E"><p><span class="prefix-number">E.</span> Nothing in this section shall be construed to (i) affect or limit the resale exclusion provided for in this chapter, or the industrial <span class="dictionary">materials</span> and other industrial exclusions set out in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Commercial and industrial exemptions" href="/58.1-609.3/">58.1-609.3</a>, the exclusion for baptistries set out in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Miscellaneous exemptions" href="/58.1-609.10/">58.1-609.10</a>, or the partial exclusion for the <span class="dictionary">sale</span> of modular buildings as set out in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Modular building manufacturers and retailers" href="/58.1-610.1/">58.1-610.1</a>, or (ii) impose any <span class="dictionary">sales</span> or <span class="dictionary">use</span> tax with respect to the <span class="dictionary">use</span> in the performance of <span class="dictionary">contracts</span> with the United States, this Commonwealth, or any political subdivision thereof, of <span class="dictionary">tangible personal property</span> owned by a governmental body which actually is not used or consumed in the performance thereof. <a id="paragraph-269403" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-610/#E"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="F"><p><span class="prefix-number">F.</span> Notwithstanding the other provisions of this section, any <span class="dictionary">person</span> engaged in the <span class="dictionary">business</span> of furnishing and installing locks and locking devices shall be deemed a <span class="dictionary">retailer</span> of such items and not a using or consuming contractor with respect to them. <a id="paragraph-269404" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-610/#F"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="G"><p><span class="prefix-number">G.</span> Notwithstanding the other provisions of this section, any <span class="dictionary">person</span> or entity primarily engaged in the <span class="dictionary">business</span> of furnishing and installing <span class="dictionary">tangible personal property</span> that provides electronic or physical security on real property for the <span class="dictionary">use</span> of a financial institution, shall be deemed a <span class="dictionary">retailer</span> of such personal property, including when such personal property is installed on real property not for the <span class="dictionary">use</span> of a financial institution. <a id="paragraph-269405" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-610/#G"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 58-441.15; 1966, c. 151; 1973, c. 224; 1977, c. 591; 1978, c. 207; 1980, cc. 611, 627; 1984, c. 675; 1986, c. 605; 1989, c. 739; 1992, cc. 404, 415; 1993, c. 310; 2000, c. 425; 2003, cc. 757, 758; 2010, c. 119; 2011, cc. 360, 851; 2017, cc. 436, 449; 2023, cc. 516, 517.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
