<?xml version="1.0"?>
<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>61763</law_id><section_number>60.2-527</section_number><catch_line>Tax rate of certain foreign contractors</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>60.2-532</reference><reference>60.2-533</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="60.2">Unemployment Compensation</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="5">Taxation</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="4">Computation of Tax Rate</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> For each calendar year, the tax rate of each <span class="dictionary">foreign contractor</span> doing business in Virginia shall be the maximum rate allowable by <span class="dictionary">law</span> for three years. At the end of the three-year period, such employer shall be eligible for the computed rate as provided in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Benefit ratio" href="/60.2-530/">60.2-530</a>. <a id="paragraph-225555" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/60.2-527/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> As used in this section, &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">foreign contractor</span>&#x201D; means (i) an out-of-state &#x201C;contractor&#x201D; as defined in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/54.1-1100/">54.1-1100</a> or (ii) an out-of-state &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">highway contractor</span>&#x201D; engaged in the type of contracting activities referred to in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/33.2-1106/">33.2-1106</a>, who does not maintain a principal place of business in Virginia as determined by the Commission, except that such employer need not be a member of any <span class="dictionary">highway contractors</span> association. Such determination by the Commission shall be final and not subject to judicial review. <a id="paragraph-225556" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/60.2-527/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1982, c. 200, &#xA7; 60.1-79.1; 1984, c. 468; 1986, c. 480.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
