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Pursuant to 2021 House Joint Resolution 563, the Virginia General Assembly established a working group to assess the feasibility of transitioning to a unitary combined reporting system for corporate income tax purposes. The working group was composed… Read More

During 2021, the Virginia Department of Taxation has released many rulings and appeal decisions. As usual, most of what is posted is not terribly notable. However, I have already written about one release that is notable here. As for the rest that ha… Read More

In a request for an opinion of the Attorney General of Virginia, local governments might have given a preview of what they will try to do in the upcoming 2022 session of the Virginia General Assembly. The Commissioner of the Revenue and the Treasurer… Read More

A 2017 opinion of the Supreme Court of Virginia needs to be addressed. Read More

Previously, opinions were entered by the Circuit Court of Fairfax County, the Circuit Court of Norfolk, and in the Circuit Court of Chesapeake that Internet Tax Freedom Act (“ITFA”) applies to the BPOL tax imposed in those localities. These opini… Read More

The Supreme Court of Virginia issued an opinion in Norton v. Bd. of Supervisors, Record No. 201028 (May 27, 2021), concerning changes to taxes and zoning made by Fairfax County. The majority of the opinion concerned the zoning changes. As for the tax… Read More

The 2021 session of the Virginia General Assembly enacted many changes to the tax laws of Virginia. A summary of the legislation can be found here. Most of the legislation is effective on July 1, 2021. Here are some of the more important pieces of ta… Read More

On its website, the Virginia Department of Taxation has released several rulings and appeal decisions. For the final part of 2020, there were several numerical gaps. Those gaps led me to wait for this update to see if those rulings would be released… Read More