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This law was first created in 2017. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 718<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":371094,"section_number":"58.1-1816","catch_line":"Conversion of trust taxes; penalty; limitation of prosecutions","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-1816\/"},{"id":371096,"section_number":"58.1-1817","catch_line":"Installment agreements for the payment of taxes","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-1817\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1480039,"object_type":"law","relational_id":371095,"identifier":"58.1-1817.1","token":"58.1\/I\/18\/1\/58.1-1817.1","url":"\/58.1-1817.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/58.1-1817.1\/","token":"58.1\/I\/18\/1\/58.1-1817.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Waiver of tax penalties for small businesses","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 58.1-1817.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this section, “small business” means an independently owned and operated business that has been organized pursuant to Virginia law<\/span> or maintains a principal place of business in Virginia and has 10 or fewer employees.<\/p>

Any penalties related to taxes administered by the Department<\/span> shall be waived for a small business during its first two years of operation, provided that such small business enters into an agreement pursuant to \u00a7 58.1-1817<\/a>. However, the Department<\/span> shall not be required to waive<\/span> the penalty<\/span> imposed by \u00a7 58.1-1816<\/a> or any civil penalties for the failure to remit state sales or withholding taxes.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWAIVER OF TAX PENALTIES FOR SMALL BUSINESSES (\u00a7 58.1-1817.1)\n\nAs used in this section, “small business” means an independently\nowned and operated business that has been organized pursuant to Virginia law or\nmaintains a principal place of business in Virginia and has 10 or fewer\nemployees.\n\nAny penalties related to taxes administered by the Department shall be waived\nfor a small business during its first two years of operation, provided that such\nsmall business enters into an agreement pursuant to \u00a7 58.1-1817. However, the\nDepartment shall not be required to waive the penalty imposed by \u00a7 58.1-1816 or\nany civil penalties for the failure to remit state sales or withholding taxes.\n\nHISTORY: 2017, c. 718.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}