Assessment of omitted taxes; erroneous payments.
Summary
Assessment of omitted taxes; erroneous payments. Provides that any retail sales tax payment erroneously remitted by a taxpayer to the Department of Taxation shall be applied to the taxpayer's delinquent use tax accounts. The taxpayer must provide evidence of the erroneous sales tax collected and remitted in each transaction. The provisions of this bill do not apply in the case of (i) the taxpayer already applying for and receiving the relief described in this bill or (ii) a false or fraudulent action by the taxpayer with the intention of evading the payment of the tax. Further, the taxpayer must show that the erroneous retail sales tax has been refunded to the purchaser or credited to the purchaser's account prior to receiving a refund from Department of Taxation. This bill is identical to HB 1508.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2024
Signed into Law
Mar 2024
Introduced Jan 19, 2024
Signed Mar 20, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Feb 9, 2024 · House of Delegates Feb 22, 2024
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 9, 2024
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
32
Key actions
11
Committee
6
Mar 20, 2024
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 128 (effective 7/1/24)
executive
Mar 1, 2024
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Feb 27, 2024
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Feb 27, 2024
Upper · Passed
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB709ER)
upper
Feb 22, 2024
Lower · Passed
VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 22, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y -0-N)
lower
Feb 19, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Finance (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 15, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Finance
lower
Feb 9, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 7, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 6, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Jan 31, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Jan 19, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
upper
Jan 19, 2024
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 24105265D
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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