Every person who is liable for collection of sales tax or remittance of use tax or both is required to keep and preserve for three years adequate and complete records necessary to determine the amount of tax liability. Such records must include:
Records must be open for inspection and examination at all reasonable hours of the business day by the Department of Taxation. The dealer may maintain such records on microfilm.
If an assessment has been made and an appeal to the Commissioner or to court is pending, all records relating to the period covered by such assessment must be preserved until the final disposition of the appeal.
23 Va. Admin. Code § 10-210-470
Statutory Authority
§§ 58.1-203 and 58.1-633 of the Code of Virginia.