Code of Virginia § 58.1-3827. Administration of transient occupancy tax.
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A. The tax-assessing officer of a county, city, or town shall administer and enforce the assessment of, and the treasurer of such county, city, or town shall collect, transient occupancy taxes from accommodations intermediaries.
B. In administering the assessment of transient occupancy taxes from accommodations intermediaries, the tax-assessing officer of a county, city, or town shall provide adequate information to accommodations intermediaries to enable them to identify transient occupancy rates, the applicable jurisdiction, and any discounts, deductions, or exemptions.
C. Every accommodations intermediary required to collect or pay the transient occupancy tax, on or before the twentieth day of the month following the month in which the tax shall become effective, shall transmit to the tax-assessing officer of a county, city, or town a return showing the gross receipts, any allowable discounts, deductions, or exemptions, and the rate applied to the resultant net receipts and shall remit to the treasurer of such locality the total local transient occupancy tax due, as well as any penalties and interest due, arising from all transactions taxable under this chapter during the preceding calendar month.
Where applicable, the return shall also include the number of room nights and the room tax rate applied, the total amount of room tax due, and any regional transportation transient occupancy taxes due. Thereafter, a like return shall be prepared and transmitted to the tax-assessing officer of a county, city, or town by every accommodations intermediary on or before the twentieth day of each month, for the preceding calendar month.
D. An accommodations provider shall not be required to transmit a return to the tax-assessing officer of a county, city, or town if
(i)all retail sales of accommodations owned by the accommodations provider are facilitated by an accommodations intermediary and
(ii)the accommodations provider attests to the locality that all such sales were facilitated by an accommodations intermediary. Such attestation shall be effective for 12 months beginning with the month in which the attestation is made, and thereafter, such attestation shall be due annually on a date determined by the locality. However, such accommodations provider shall transmit returns for the retail sale of any accommodations not facilitated by an accommodations intermediary as otherwise required by this article.
2023, c. 410 ; 2025, cc. 458 , 473 .