Code of Virginia - Title 58.1 Taxation - Section 58.1-2649 Exception to { 58.1-2648

§ 58.1-2649. Exception to { 58.1-2648

A. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 58.1-2648, the addition to the tax with respect to any underpayment of any installment shall not be imposed if the total amount of all payments of estimated tax made on or before the last date prescribed for the payment of such installment equals or exceeds the amount which would have been required to be paid on or before such date if the estimated tax were whichever of the following is the lesser:

1. The tax as ascertained for the preceding tax year, and the tax for such preceding tax year was computed on the basis of a taxable year of twelve months.

2. An amount equal to the tax computed at the rate applicable to the tax year but otherwise on the basis of the facts shown on the report of the public service corporation for, and the law applicable to, the preceding tax year.

3. An amount equal to ninety percent of the license tax received in the taxable year computed by placing on an annualized basis the taxable gross receipts:

a. For the first three months of the taxable year, in the case of the installment required to be paid in the fourth month,

b. For the first three months or for the first five months of the taxable year, in the case of the installment required to be paid in the sixth month,

c. For the first six months or for the first eight months of the taxable year, in the case of the installment required to be paid in the ninth month, and

d. For the first nine months or for the first eleven months of the taxable year, in the case of the installment required to be paid in the twelfth month of the taxable year.

B. For purposes of subdivision 3 of subsection A, the taxable gross receipts shall be placed on an annualized basis by multiplying by twelve the taxable gross receipts referred to in subdivision 3, and dividing the resulting amount by the number of months in the taxable year (three, five, six, eight, nine, or eleven, as the case may be) referred to in subdivision 3.

C. The application of this section to taxable years of less than twelve months shall be in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Commission.

(Code 1950, § 58-514.8; 1968, c. 15; 1984, c. 675.)

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