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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>84407</law_id><section_number>58.1-902</section_number><catch_line>Tax on transfer of taxable estate of residents; amounts; credit; property of resident defined</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="9">Virginia Estate Tax</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">Substantive Provisions Generally</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A tax in the amount of the <span class="dictionary">federal credit</span> is imposed on the transfer of the <span class="dictionary">taxable estate</span> of every <span class="dictionary">resident</span>, subject, where applicable, to the credit provided for in subsection B. <a id="paragraph-302535" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-902/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> If the real and tangible personal property of a <span class="dictionary">resident</span> is located outside of the Commonwealth and is subject to a death tax imposed by another <span class="dictionary">state</span> for which a credit is allowed under &#xA7;&#xA0;2011 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended or renumbered, or the successor provision of the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of the United <span class="dictionary">States</span> relating to federal estate taxes, the amount of tax due under this section shall be credited with the lesser of: <a id="paragraph-302536" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-902/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The amount of the death tax paid the other <span class="dictionary">state</span> and credited against the federal estate tax; or <a id="paragraph-302537" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-902/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> An amount computed by multiplying the <span class="dictionary">federal credit</span> by a fraction, the numerator of which is the <span class="dictionary">value</span> of that part of the <span class="dictionary">gross estate</span> over which another <span class="dictionary">state</span> or <span class="dictionary">states</span> have <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> to the same extent to which Virginia would exert <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> under this chapter with respect to the <span class="dictionary">residents</span> of such other <span class="dictionary">state</span> or <span class="dictionary">states</span> and the denominator of which is the <span class="dictionary">value</span> of the <span class="dictionary">decedent</span>&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">gross estate</span>. <a id="paragraph-302538" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-902/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Property of a <span class="dictionary">resident</span> includes: <a id="paragraph-302539" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-902/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Real property situated in the Commonwealth of Virginia; <a id="paragraph-302540" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-902/#C1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Tangible personal property having an actual situs in the Commonwealth of Virginia; and <a id="paragraph-302541" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-902/#C2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Intangible personal property owned by the <span class="dictionary">resident</span> regardless of where it is located. <a id="paragraph-302542" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-902/#C3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 58-238.3; 1978, c. 838; 1984, c. 675.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
