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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>371994</law_id><section_number>58.1-3734.1</section_number><catch_line>Sales involving trade-ins</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="4" identifier="III">Local Taxes</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="8" identifier="37">License Taxes</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> No locality shall assess omitted taxes against any motor vehicle <span class="dictionary">dealer</span> which calculated its <span class="dictionary">gross receipts</span> for license tax purposes by excluding the value of any vehicle accepted as a trade-in for periods of time prior to January 1, 1991, unless such locality enforced the requirement that motor vehicle <span class="dictionary">dealers</span> include the amount of a trade-in vehicle in <span class="dictionary">gross receipts</span> for periods prior to January 1, 1990. <a id="paragraph-1386953" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-3734.1/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Whenever a motor vehicle <span class="dictionary">dealer</span> accepts a trade-in as part of a sale of a motor vehicle, the <span class="dictionary">dealer</span>&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">gross receipts</span> for license tax purposes shall not include the amount of the trade-in. <a id="paragraph-1386954" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-3734.1/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1990, c. 670.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
