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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>371835</law_id><section_number>58.1-348</section_number><catch_line>Criminal prosecution for failure or refusal to file return of income or for making false statement therein; limitation</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><referred_to_by><reference>58.1-349</reference></referred_to_by><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="3" identifier="3">Income Tax</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="4" identifier="4">Accounting, Returns, Procedures for Individuals</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Notwithstanding any other provisions of this title and in addition to any other penalties provided by <span class="dictionary">law</span>, any <span class="dictionary">individual</span> or fiduciary required under this chapter to make a return of income, who willfully fails or refuses to make such return, at the time or times required by <span class="dictionary">law</span>, shall be guilty of a Class 1 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>, or who, with <span class="dictionary">intent</span> to defraud the Commonwealth, makes any false statement in any such return, shall be guilty of a Class 6 <span class="dictionary">felony</span>. A <span class="dictionary">prosecution</span> under this section shall be commenced within five years next after the commission of the <span class="dictionary">offense</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 58-151.074; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 171; 1977, c. 246; 1984, c. 675; 2003, c. 180.</history><metadata><court_decisions><item key="0"><name>Brown v. Commonwealth</name><case_number>2964974</case_number><citation>516 S.E.2d 678</citation><date>1999-07-27</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1066226/brown-v-commonwealth/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 516 S.E.2d 678 (1999) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="1"><name>Brailey v. Commonwealth</name><case_number>2353082</case_number><citation>686 S.E.2d 546</citation><date>2009-12-22</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1062286/brailey-v-commonwealth/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 686 S.E.2d 546 (2009) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="2"><name>George v. Commonwealth</name><case_number>0332064</case_number><citation>655 S.E.2d 43</citation><date>2008-01-15</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1062879/george-v-commonwealth/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 655 S.E.2d 43 (2008) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item></court_decisions></metadata></law>
