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Home » US Law » 2022 West Virginia Code » Chapter 11. Taxation » Article 15A. Use Tax

§11-15A-1. Definitions

(a) General. -( When used in this article and article fifteen of this chapter, terms defined in subsection (b) of this section have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except in those instances where a different meaning is provided in this article or the context in which the word is used clearly indicates […]

§11-15A-10. Payment to Tax Commissioner

(a) Each retailer required or authorized, pursuant to section six, six-a or seven, or pursuant to article fifteen-b of this chapter, to collect the tax imposed in section two of this article, is required to pay to the Tax Commissioner the amount of the tax on or before the twentieth day of the month next […]

§11-15A-10a. Credit for Sales Tax Liability Paid to Another State

(a) A person is entitled to a credit against the tax imposed by this article on the use of a particular item of tangible personal property, custom software or service equal to the amount, if any, of sales tax lawfully paid to another state for the acquisition of that property or service: Provided, That the […]

§11-15A-11. Liability of User

(a) Any person who uses any tangible personal property, custom software or the results of a taxable service upon which the tax herein imposed has not been paid either to a retailer or direct to the Tax Commissioner is liable for the amount of the nonpayment, and persons required by law to hold a West […]

§11-15A-12. Bond to Secure Payment

The Tax Commissioner may, when in his judgment it is necessary and advisable to do so in order to secure the collection of the tax levied under this article, authorize any person subject to such tax and any retailer required or authorized to collect such tax, pursuant to the provisions of sections six and seven […]

§11-15A-13a. Tax on Motor Fuel Effective January 1, 2004

(a) Imposition of tax. – (1) On deliveries in this state. – Effective January 1, 2004, motor fuel furnished or delivered within this state which is subject to the flat rate of the tax imposed by section five, article fourteen-c of this chapter is subject to the tax imposed by this article which comprises the […]

§11-15A-18. Seller Must Show Sale Not at Retail; Presumption

(a) The burden of proving that a sale was not taxable shall be upon the seller, unless, the seller, in good faith, takes from the purchaser a certificate signed by and bearing the address of the purchaser setting forth the reason for exemption of the sale from imposition of the tax. (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) […]

§11-15A-1a. Legislative Findings

The Legislature hereby finds and declares that: (1) It is the intent of the Legislature that the use tax imposed by the provisions of article fifteen-a and the consumers sales tax imposed by the provisions of article fifteen of this chapter be complementary laws and wherever possible be construed and applied to accomplish the intent […]

§11-15A-21. Books; Examination

(a) Every retailer required or authorized to collect taxes imposed by this article and every person using in this state tangible personal property, custom software or taxable services shall keep records, receipts, invoices, and other pertinent papers as the Tax Commissioner requires, in any form as the Tax Commissioner requires. (b) In addition to the […]

§11-15A-22. Canceling or Revoking Permits

Whenever any retailer engaging in business in this state, or authorized to collect the tax imposed in this article pursuant to section seven of this article, fails to comply with any of the provisions of this article or any orders, or rules of the Tax Commissioner prescribed and adopted for this article under article ten […]

§11-15A-23. Tax Imposed Is in Addition to All Other Taxes and Charges

The tax imposed under this article shall be in addition to all other taxes, licenses or charges to which the persons taxed herein are subject under the law of this state. It is the purpose of this article to rest a fair share of the tax burden, commensurate with the benefits received, upon those exercising […]

§11-15A-27. Construction; Partial Unconstitutionality

(a) If a court of competent jurisdiction finds that the provisions of this article and of article fifteen-b of this chapter conflict and cannot be harmonized, then the provisions of article fifteen-b shall control. (b) If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this article is for any reason held to be […]

§11-15A-28. General Procedure and Administration

Each and every provision of the "West Virginia Tax Procedure and Administration Act" set forth in article ten of this chapter shall apply to the tax imposed by this article fifteen-a with like effect as if said act were applicable only to the tax imposed by this article fifteen-a and were set forth in extenso […]

§11-15A-29. Effective Date

The provisions of this article, as amended or added during the regular legislative session in the year 2003, shall take effect January 1, 2004, and apply to all sales made on or after that date and to all returns and payments due on or after that day.

§11-15A-2a. Tax on Value of Property Used or Consumed in This State

(a) Except as otherwise provided, a person who produces for sale, profit or commercial use, any natural resource, product or manufactured product, and uses or consumes such natural resource, product or manufactured product, in this state shall make returns of the gross value of the natural resource, product or manufactured product, so used or consumed […]

§11-15A-2b. Tax on the Manufacture, Sale and Installation of Modular Dwellings

(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section two-a of this article, persons engaged in the manufacture and sale or the manufacture, sale and installation of a modular dwelling shall pay the tax imposed by this article only on the value of the building supplies and materials used in the manufacture and installation of the modular dwelling […]

§11-15A-3. Exemptions

(a) The use in this state of the following tangible personal property, custom software and services is hereby specifically exempted from the tax imposed by this article to the extent specified: (1) All articles of tangible personal property and custom software brought into the State of West Virginia by a nonresident individual thereof for his […]

§11-15A-3a. Moving Residence or Business Into State

The tax imposed by this article does not apply to tangible personal property, custom software or services purchased outside this state for use outside this state by a person who at that time was a nonresident natural person, or a business entity not actually doing business within this state, who or which later brings tangible […]