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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>86637</law_id><section_number>58.1-636</section_number><catch_line>Penalty for failure to file return or making false return</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>58.1-3510.7</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><p>Any dealer subject to the provisions of this chapter failing or refusing to file a return herein required to be made, or failing or refusing to file a supplemental return or other data required by the <span class="dictionary">Tax Commissioner</span>, or who makes a false or fraudulent return with <span class="dictionary">intent</span> to evade the tax hereby levied, or who makes a false or fraudulent claim for refund, or who gives or knowingly receives a false or fraudulent exemption certificate, or who violates any other provision of this chapter, punishment for which is not otherwise herein provided, shall be guilty of a Class 1 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 58-441.39; 1966, c. 151; 1984, c. 675.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
