CODE OF VIRGINIA PERMISSIVE SUPPLIER ELECTION TO COLLECT TAX ON OUT-OF-STATE REMOVALS (ยง 58.1-2210) A. An out-of-state supplier who is not required to be licensed under this chapter may elect to obtain a license and thereby become a permissive supplier. An out-of-state supplier who does not make this election shall not act as a permissive supplier for motor fuel that is removed at a terminal in another state and has Virginia as its destination state. B. An out-of-state supplier who elects to be licensed as a permissive supplier shall comply with (i) the same requirements imposed on a supplier and (ii) all of the following with respect to motor fuel that is removed by the permissive supplier at a terminal located in another state and has Virginia as its destination state: 1. Collect the tax due the Commonwealth on the fuel; 2. Waive any defense that the Commonwealth lacks jurisdiction to require the supplier to collect the tax due the Commonwealth on the motor fuel under this chapter; 3. Report and pay the tax due on the fuel in the same manner as if the removal had occurred at a terminal located in Virginia; 4. Keep records of the removal of the fuel and submit to audits concerning the fuel as if the removal had occurred at a terminal located in Virginia; and 5. Report sales by the supplier to a person who is not licensed in the state where the removal occurred if the destination state is Virginia. C. An out-of-state supplier who makes the election allowed by this section (i) acknowledges that the Commonwealth imposes the requirements listed in subsection B on the supplier under its general police power and (ii) submits to the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth only for purposes related to the administration of this chapter. HISTORY: 2000, cc. 729, 758.