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1998 SESSION
987336176Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 58.1-604 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 58.1-604. Imposition of use tax.
There is hereby levied and imposed, in addition to all other taxes and fees now imposed by law, a tax upon the use or consumption of tangible personal property in this Commonwealth, or the storage of such property outside the Commonwealth for use or consumption in this Commonwealth, in the amount of three and one-half percent:
1. Of the cost price of each item or article of tangible personal property used
or consumed in this Commonwealth, including any item or article
of tangible personal property other than postage stamps purchased
from the United States Post Office. Tangible personal property which has
been acquired within this Commonwealth at a United States Post
Office or for use outside this Commonwealth and
subsequently becomes subject to the tax imposed hereunder shall be taxed on the
basis of its cost price if such property is brought within this Commonwealth
for use within six months of its acquisition; but if so brought within this
Commonwealth six months or more after its acquisition, such property shall be
taxed on the basis of the current market value (but not in excess of its cost
price) of such property at the time of its first use within this Commonwealth.
Such tax shall be based on such proportion of the cost price or current market
value as the duration of time of use within this Commonwealth bears to the
total useful life of such property (but it shall be presumed in all cases that
such property will remain within this Commonwealth for the remainder of its
useful life unless convincing evidence is provided to the contrary).
2. Of the cost price of each item or article of tangible personal property stored outside this Commonwealth for use or consumption in this Commonwealth.
3. A transaction taxed under § 58.1-603 shall not also be taxed under this section, nor shall the same transaction be taxed more than once under either section.
4. The use tax shall not apply with respect to the use of any article of tangible personal property brought into this Commonwealth by a nonresident individual, visiting in Virginia, for his personal use, while within this Commonwealth.
5. The use tax shall not apply to out-of-state mail order catalog purchases totaling $100 or less during any calendar year.