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1998 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 58.1-1823 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 58.1-1823. Reassessment and refund upon the filing of amended return or the payment of an assessment.
A. Any person filing a tax return or paying an assessment required for any tax
administered by the Department of Taxation may file an amended return with the
Department within the later of: (i) three years from the last day prescribed by
law for the timely filing of the return; (ii) ninety days one
year from the final determination of any change or correction in the
liability of the taxpayer for any federal tax upon which the state tax is
based, provided that the refund does not exceed the amount of the decrease in
Virginia tax attributable to such federal change or correction; (iii) two years
from the filing of an amended Virginia return resulting in the payment of
additional tax, provided that the amended return raises issues relating solely
to such prior amended return and that the refund does not exceed the amount of
the payment with such prior amended return; or (iv) two years from the payment
of an assessment, provided that the amended return raises issues relating
solely to such assessment and that the refund does not exceed the amount of
such payment. If the Department is satisfied, by evidence submitted to it or
otherwise, that the tax assessed and paid upon the original return exceeds the
proper amount, the Department may reassess the taxpayer and order that any
amount excessively paid be refunded to him. The Department may reduce such
refund by the amount of any taxes, penalties and interest which are due for the
period covered by the amended return, or any past-due taxes, penalties and
interest which have been assessed within the appropriate period of limitations.
Any order of the Department denying such reassessment and refund, or the
failure of the Department to act thereon within three months shall, as to
matters first raised by the amended return, be deemed an assessment for the
purpose of enabling the taxpayer to pursue the remedies allowed under this
chapter.
B. Notwithstanding the statute of limitations established in this section, any retired employee of a political subdivision of the Commonwealth, established pursuant to Chapter 627 of the 1958 Acts of Assembly, may file an amended individual income tax return until May 1, 1990, for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 1985, and before January 1, 1986, for taxes paid on retirement income exempt pursuant to § 58.1-322.
C. Notwithstanding the statute of limitations contained in subsection A, any individual who claimed an age subtraction on his 1990 individual income tax return may file an amended individual income tax return on July 1, 1994, for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 1990, and ending before January 1, 1991, to claim an income deduction as provided in § 58.1-322 D 5 in lieu of the income subtraction originally claimed.
2. That the provisions of this act shall be applicable to amended returns filed on or after July 1, 1998.