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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>73435</law_id><section_number>58.1-651</section_number><catch_line>Tax collectible by communication service providers; jurisdiction</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="6.2">Virginia Communications Sales and Use Tax</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The tax levied by &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Imposition of sales tax; exemptions" href="/58.1-648/">58.1-648</a> shall be collectible by all persons who are <span class="dictionary">communications services providers</span>, who have sufficient contact with the Commonwealth to qualify under subsection B, and who are required to be registered under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Communications services providers' certificates of registration; penalty" href="/58.1-653/">58.1-653</a>. However, the <span class="dictionary">communications services provider</span> shall separately state the amount of the tax and add that tax to the <span class="dictionary">sales price</span> of the service. Thereafter, the tax shall be a debt from the <span class="dictionary">customer</span> to the <span class="dictionary">communications services provider</span> until paid and shall be recoverable at <span class="dictionary">law</span> in the same manner as other debts. <a id="paragraph-264270" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-651/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> A <span class="dictionary">communications services provider</span> shall be deemed to have sufficient activity within the Commonwealth to require registration if he does any of the activities listed in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Tax collectible from dealers; &quot;dealer&quot; defined; jurisdiction" href="/58.1-612/">58.1-612</a>. <a id="paragraph-264271" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-651/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Nothing contained in this chapter shall limit any authority that the Commonwealth may enjoy under the provisions of federal <span class="dictionary">law</span> or an <span class="dictionary">opinion</span> of the United States Supreme <span class="dictionary">Court</span> to require the collection of communications sales and use taxes by any <span class="dictionary">communications services provider</span>. <a id="paragraph-264272" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-651/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2006, c. 780.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
