SESSION ENROLLED VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY ––-- 2023 SESSION CHAPTER E406 An Act to amend and reenact § 58.1-416 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by infrastructureadding providers.a section numbered 58.1-422.5, relating to taxation of corporations;
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Internet root R O [S 1349] L Approved LMarch 23, 2023 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
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That § 58.1-416 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted and that the Code of VirginDaVirginia is §amended 58.1-416.by adding a section numbered 58.1-422.5 as follows:
§ 58.1-416.
or 2.proportion of the income-producing activity is performed in the Commonwealth than in any other state, based on costs of performance.
The income-producing activity is performed both in and outside the Commonwealth and a greater proportion of the income-producing activity is performed in the Commonwealth than in any other state, based on costs of performance.
For debt buyers, as defined in § 58.1-422.3, sales, other than sales of tangible persoBalpersonal property, are in the Commonwealth if they consist of money recovered on debt that a debt buyer 3collected from a person who is a resident of the Commonwealth or an entity that has its commercial domicile in the Commonwealth.
Such rule shall apply regardless of the location of a debt buyer'9albuyer's business.
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For property information and analytics firms, as defined in § 58.1-422.4, that meet the R requirements set forth in § 58.1-422.4, sales of services are in the Commonwealth if they are derived from transactions with a customer or client who receives the benefit of the services in the Commonwealth.
For Internet root infrastructure providers, as defined in § 58.1-422.5, sales of services are in the Commonwealth if they are derived from sales transactions with a customer or client who receives the benefit of the services in the Commonwealth.
If necessary information is not available to the taxpayer to determine whether a sale other than a sale of tangible personal property is in the Commonwealth pursuant to the provisions of subsections B and C, the taxpayer may estimate the dollar value or portion of such sale in the Commonwealth,tionsCommonwealth, B provided that the taxpayer can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Tax Commissioner that (i) the estimate has been undertaken in good faith, (ii) the estimate is a reasonable approximation of the dollar value or portion of such sale in the Commonwealth, and (iii) in using an estimate the taxpayer did not have as a principal purpose the avoidance of any tax due under this article.
The Department shall adopt remedies and corrective procedures for cases in which the Department has determined that the sourcing rules for sales other than sales of tangible personal property have been abused by the taxpayer, which describedmay ininclude subsectionreliance A.eon the location of income-producing activity and direct costs of performance as §described 58.1-422.5.in subsection A.
§ 58.1-422.5.
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"Memorandum of understanding" means a performance agreement or related document entered into of 3 by an Internet root infrastructure provider and the Authority on or after January 1, 2023, but before December 1, 2023, that sets forth the requirements for commitments to the Commonwealth.
If such memorandum of understanding is not signed by December 1, 2023, the provisions of subdivision B 3 of § 58.1-416 of the Code of Virginia, as amended by this act, shall not be applicable in any of 3 taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2023.
That the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority shall provide, upon sigEature,signature, a copy of any memorandum of understanding, as defined in § 58.1-422.5 of the Code of Virginia, as created by this act, to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Finance, the House Committee onson Appropriations, and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations.
The provisions Rfof this of 3 act shall expire if copies of such memorandum of understanding are not delivered by December 31, 2023.
expire if copies of such memorandum of understanding are not delivered by December O L L E D B E R