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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>370893</law_id><section_number>58.1-1020</section_number><catch_line>Assessment of tax by Department</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="125" identifier="58.1">Taxation</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="2" identifier="I">Taxes Administered by the Department of Taxation</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="6" identifier="10">Cigarette Tax</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="2" identifier="2">Use Tax</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>In case any person subject to the tax imposed by this article fails to make such a return, or makes an incorrect return, the <span class="dictionary">Department</span>, from the best information available to it, shall assess the amount of tax due from such person and mail notice thereof to the <span class="dictionary">taxpayer</span>. Collection of such assessment may be enforced by legal process.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 58-757.21; 1960, c. 392, &#xA7; 21; 1984, c. 675.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
