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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>371260</law_id><section_number>58.1-2288</section_number><catch_line>Liability of corporate or partnership officer; penalty</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="3" identifier="II">Taxes Administered by Other Agencies</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="3" identifier="22">Virginia Fuels Tax Act</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="8" identifier="8">Assessments and Collections</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any <span class="dictionary">corporate or partnership officer</span> who directs or causes the business of which he is a <span class="dictionary">corporate or partnership officer</span> to fail to pay, collect, or truthfully account for and pay over any <span class="dictionary">fuels</span> tax for which the business is liable to the Commonwealth or to a <span class="dictionary">trustee</span>, shall, in addition to other penalties provided by <span class="dictionary">law</span>, be liable for a <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> in the amount of the tax evaded, or not paid, collected, or accounted for and paid over. The <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> shall be assessed and collected in the same manner as such taxes are assessed and collected. However, this <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> shall be dischargeable in <span class="dictionary">bankruptcy</span> proceedings.</p></section></text><history>2000, cc. 729, 758.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
