Terms Used In Virginia Code > Title 13.1 > Chapter 10 > Article 15 - Records and Reports.

• Articles of incorporation: means all documents constituting, at any particular time, the charter of a corporation. See Virginia Code 13.1-803
• Assessment: as used in this subtitle , shall include an assessment made pursuant to notice by the Department of Taxation and self-assessments made by a taxpayer upon the filing of a return or otherwise not pursuant to notice. See Virginia Code 58.1-1820
• Audited partnership: means a partnership subject to a partnership-level audit that results in a federal adjustment. See Virginia Code 58.1-396
• Board of directors: means the group of persons vested with the management of the business of the corporation irrespective of the name by which such group is designated, and "director" means a member of the board of directors. See Virginia Code 13.1-803
• City: means an independent incorporated community which became a city as provided by law before noon on July 1, 1971, or which has within defined boundaries a population of 5,000 or more and which has become a city as provided by law. See Virginia Code 1-208
• Commission: means the State Corporation Commission of Virginia. See Virginia Code 13.1-803
• Corporate partner: means a partner that is subject to tax under Article 10 (§ Virginia Code 58.1-396
• 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.
• Department: means the Department of Taxation. See Virginia Code 58.1-1
• Direct: means , with respect to a partner, that such partner holds a direct interest in a partnership or a pass-through entity and that such interest is not held indirectly through another partnership or pass-through entity. See Virginia Code 58.1-396
• Document: means (i) any tangible medium on which information is inscribed, and includes any writing or written instrument, or (ii) an electronic record. See Virginia Code 13.1-803
• domestic corporation: means a corporation not authorized by law to issue shares, irrespective of the nature of the business to be transacted, organized under this chapter or existing pursuant to the laws of the Commonwealth on January 1, 1986, or that, by virtue of articles of incorporation, amendment, or merger, has become a domestic corporation of the Commonwealth, even though also being a corporation organized under laws other than the laws of the Commonwealth or that has become a domestic corporation of the Commonwealth pursuant to Article 11. See Virginia Code 13.1-803
• Electronic: means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities. See Virginia Code 13.1-803
• Exempt: means , with respect to a partner, that such partner is exempt from Virginia income taxation. See Virginia Code 58.1-396
• Federal adjustment: means a change to an item or amount determined under the Internal Revenue Code that is used by a taxpayer to compute Virginia tax owed, regardless of whether that change results from an action by the Internal Revenue Service including a partnership-level audit, or the filing of an amended federal return, federal refund claim, or administrative adjustment request by the taxpayer. See Virginia Code 58.1-396
• Federal adjustments report: means any methods or forms required by the Department for use by a partner or partnership to report final federal adjustments. See Virginia Code 58.1-396
• Final determination date: means the date determined pursuant to the provisions of § Virginia Code 58.1-396
• Final federal adjustment: means a federal adjustment for which the final determination date has passed. See Virginia Code 58.1-396
• Foreign corporation: means a corporation not authorized by law to issue shares, organized under laws other than the laws of the Commonwealth. See Virginia Code 13.1-803
• in writing: include any representation of words, letters, symbols, numbers, or figures, whether (i) printed or inscribed on a tangible medium or (ii) stored in an electronic or other medium and retrievable in a perceivable form and whether an electronic signature authorized by Virginia Code 1-257
• Includes: means includes, but not limited to. See Virginia Code 1-218
• Indirect: means , with respect to a partner, that such partner does not hold a direct interest in a partnership or pass-through entity but instead holds a direct interest in another partnership or pass-through entity that itself holds an interest directly, or through another indirect partner, in the partnership or pass-through entity. See Virginia Code 58.1-396
• Interest: means either or both of the following rights under the organic law of a foreign or domestic unincorporated entity:

  1. See Virginia Code 13.1-803

• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• Member: means one having a membership interest in a corporation in accordance with the provisions of its articles of incorporation or bylaws. See Virginia Code 13.1-803
• Month: means a calendar month and "year" means a calendar year. See Virginia Code 1-223
• Nonresident: means , with respect to an individual, estate, or trust partner, that such partner is not a resident partner. See Virginia Code 58.1-396
• Partner: means a person that holds an interest directly or indirectly in a partnership or pass-through entity. See Virginia Code 58.1-396
• Partnership: means an entity subject to taxation under Subchapter K, Virginia Code 58.1-396
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Principal office: means the office, in or out of the Commonwealth, where the principal executive offices of a domestic or foreign corporation are located, or, if there are no such offices, the office, in or out of the Commonwealth, so designated by the board of directors. See Virginia Code 13.1-803
• Resident: means , with respect to an individual partner, that such partner is a resident, as defined in § Virginia Code 58.1-396
• Reviewed year: means the taxable year of a partnership that is subject to a partnership-level audit from which federal adjustments arise. See Virginia Code 58.1-396
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.
• Tiered partner: means any partner that is a partnership or a pass-through entity and is not an individual. See Virginia Code 58.1-396
• Transact business: includes the conduct of affairs by any corporation that is not organized for profit. See Virginia Code 13.1-803
• Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
• written: means any information in the form of a document. See Virginia Code 13.1-803