Every grower shall pay the excise taxes on bright flue-cured and all type 21 dark-fired tobacco to the warehouse or handler where and when the tobacco is first sold. Each warehouse or handler is designated an agent of the Department for the purpose of collecting such excise tax. The tax shall be paid to the Department, to the credit of the Tobacco Board, on or before the tenth day of the month following its collection. Taxes paid on bright flue-cured tobacco shall be promptly paid into the state treasury to the credit of the Bright Flue-Cured Tobacco Promotion Fund and taxes paid on type 21 dark-fired tobacco shall be promptly paid into the state treasury to the credit of the Dark-Fired Tobacco Promotion Fund.
Code 1950, § 3-250; 1966, c. 702, § 3.1-329; 2002, c. 57; 2008, c. 860; 2012, cc. 803, 835.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 3.2 - Agriculture, Animal Care, and Food
§ 3.2-2401. Tobacco Board; composition and appointment of members
§ 3.2-2402. Production areas designated
§ 3.2-2405. Powers and duties of the Tobacco Board
§ 3.2-2406. Collection of assessment
§ 3.2-2407. Bright Flue-Cured Tobacco Promotion Fund established
§ 3.2-2407.1. Dark-Fired Tobacco Promotion Fund established
§ 3.2-2408. Collection and disposition of tax; reports
§ 3.2-2409. Records to be kept by warehouse and handler
§ 3.2-2410. Collection of unpaid assessment and interest thereon