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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>372572</law_id><section_number>58.1-652</section_number><catch_line>Customer remedy procedures for billing errors</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="6.2">Virginia Communications Sales and Use Tax</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>If a <span class="dictionary">customer</span> believes that an amount of tax, or an assignment of <span class="dictionary">place of primary use</span> or taxing <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> included on a billing is erroneous, the <span class="dictionary">customer</span> shall notify the communications service provider in writing. The <span class="dictionary">customer</span> shall include in this written notification the street address for the <span class="dictionary">customer</span>&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">place of primary use</span>, the account name and number for which the <span class="dictionary">customer</span> seeks a correction, a description of the error asserted by the <span class="dictionary">customer</span>, and any other information that the communications service provider reasonably requires to process the request. Within 15 days of receiving a notice under this section in the provider&#x2019;s billing dispute office, the communications service provider shall review its records, within an additional 15 days, to determine the <span class="dictionary">customer</span>&#x2019;s taxing <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span>. If this review shows that the amount of tax or assignment of <span class="dictionary">place of primary use</span> or taxing <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> is in error, the communications service provider shall correct the error and refund or credit the amount of tax erroneously collected from the <span class="dictionary">customer</span> for a period of up to two years. If this review shows that the amount of tax or assignment of <span class="dictionary">place of primary use</span> or taxing <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> is correct, the communications service provider shall provide a written explanation to the <span class="dictionary">customer</span>. The procedures in this section shall be the first course of remedy available to <span class="dictionary">customers</span> seeking correction of assignment of <span class="dictionary">place of primary use</span> or taxing <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span>, or a refund of or other compensation for taxes erroneously collected by the communications service provider, and no <span class="dictionary">cause of action</span> based upon a dispute arising from such taxes shall accrue until a <span class="dictionary">customer</span> has reasonably exercised the rights and procedures set forth in this subsection.</p></section></text><history>2006, c. 780.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
