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Title 23 - TAXATIONAgency 10 - DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION
Chapter 500 - BUSINESS, PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE TAX REGULATIONS
Section 23VAC10-500-240 - Contractors; classification

23 Va. Admin. Code § 10-500-240

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Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 6, November 4, 2024
Section 23VAC10-500-240 - Contractors; classification
A. A person shall be classified as a contractor if he accepts contracts to perform, or regularly performs, or engages others to perform, any of the work described in subsection B of § 58.1-3714 of the Code of Virginia on buildings, structures or real estate owned by him when the buildings, structures or real estate are sold upon completion of such work; or, if he regularly performs, or engages others to perform, any of the work described in subsection B of § 58.1-3714 of the Code of Virginia on buildings, structures or real estate owned by others.
B. Contractors include persons who subdivide and improve real estate, and speculative builders who build houses or other buildings with the intention to offer the subdivided lots or completed buildings for sale. A person who would otherwise be classified as a contractor shall not lose such classification because real estate is temporarily leased until it can be sold, or leased with an option to purchase instead of sold, unless the leasing activity constitutes a separate licensable business. Any gross receipts from such leases shall be considered ancillary to the business of contracting.
C. The mere subdivision of land into lots, without more, is not contracting. However, a person who installs water or sewer systems, roads, or engages in any other activity described in subsection B of § 58.1-3714 of the Code of Virginia on his own land with the intent to offer the land for sale is a contractor regardless of whether the land is subdivided.
D. A person shall not be deemed to be engaged in the business of contracting solely because he acts as his own prime contractor to build or improve a building which he intends to occupy as his residence, office or other place of business, or actually so occupied within a reasonable time prior to the sale of the premises.

23 Va. Admin. Code § 10-500-240

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 24, Issue 23, eff. October 6, 2008.

Statutory Authority

§ 58.1-3701 of the Code of Virginia.