Virginia Code 58.1-1102: Intangible personal property of certain poultry and livestock producers
A. Any person, firm or corporation who or which enters into contracts with farmers for the production of poultry or livestock under which contracts such person, firm or corporation furnishes the poultry or livestock and feed and other supplies therefor and assumes all financial risks, including all losses in the growing and marketing of such poultry or livestock, shall be subject to the intangible personal property tax under § 58.1-1100 and not as a merchant. Such poultry and livestock shall not be included in such intangible personal property but shall be assessable locally as tangible personal property.
Terms Used In Virginia Code 58.1-1102
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Person: includes any individual, corporation, partnership, association, cooperative, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, government, political subdivision, or any other legal or commercial entity and any successor, representative, agent, agency, or instrumentality thereof. See Virginia Code 1-230
- Personal property: All property that is not real property.
- Process: includes subpoenas, the summons and complaint in a civil action, and process in statutory actions. See Virginia Code 1-237
B. Any person, firm or corporation who or which processes poultry to a product ready for human consumption, except for cooking, in a process in which machinery or mechanical devices, or both, play a material or significant part, and who or which sells such products to customers, subject to wholesale merchants’ license taxation shall be taxable under § 58.1-1100.
Code 1950, §§ 58-412.1, 58-412.2; 1952, c. 679; 1956, c. 618; 1982, c. 633; 1984, c. 675.