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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>372406</law_id><section_number>58.1-464</section_number><catch_line>Miscellaneous payroll period applicable to withholding in payment of certain wages; withholding on basis of average wages</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="3" identifier="3">Income Tax</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="15" identifier="16">Income Tax Withholding</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> If <span class="dictionary">wages</span> are paid with respect to a period which is not a payroll period, the amount to be deducted and withheld shall be that applicable in the case of a <span class="dictionary">miscellaneous payroll period</span> containing a number of days including Sundays and holidays, equal to the number of days in the period with respect to which such <span class="dictionary">wages</span> are paid. <a id="paragraph-1388769" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-464/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> In any case in which <span class="dictionary">wages</span> are paid by an <span class="dictionary">employer</span> without regard to any payroll period or other period, the amount to be deducted and withheld shall be that applicable in the case of a <span class="dictionary">miscellaneous payroll period</span> containing a number of days equal to the number of days, including Sundays and holidays, which have elapsed since the date of the last payment of such <span class="dictionary">wages</span> by such <span class="dictionary">employer</span> during the calendar year, or the date of commencement of employment with such <span class="dictionary">employer</span> during such year, or January 1 of such year, whichever is the later. <a id="paragraph-1388770" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-464/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Tax Commissioner</span> may, by regulations, authorize <span class="dictionary">employers</span>: <a id="paragraph-1388771" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-464/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> To estimate the <span class="dictionary">wages</span> which will be paid to any <span class="dictionary">employee</span> in any quarter of the calendar year; <a id="paragraph-1388772" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-464/#C1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> To determine the amount to be deducted and withheld upon each payment of <span class="dictionary">wages</span> to such <span class="dictionary">employee</span> during such quarter as if the appropriate average of the <span class="dictionary">wages</span> so estimated constituted the actual <span class="dictionary">wages</span> paid; and <a id="paragraph-1388773" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-464/#C2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> To deduct and withhold upon any payment of <span class="dictionary">wages</span> to such <span class="dictionary">employee</span> during such quarter such amount as may be necessary to adjust the amount actually deducted and withheld upon the <span class="dictionary">wages</span> of such <span class="dictionary">employee</span> during such quarter to the amount that would be required to be deducted and withheld during such quarter without regard to this subsection C. <a id="paragraph-1388774" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-464/#C3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 58-151.5; 1962, c. 612; 1984, c. 675.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
