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Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption for medicine and drugs purchased by veterinarians.

It became law on Apr 11, 2022.

VA SB 517 · Senate Bill · 2022

Stage
Became law
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Senate
Sponsor
Louise Lucas
Latest action
Apr 11, 2022

What it does

Retail sales and use tax; exemption for medicine and drugs purchased by veterinarians. Exempts veterinarians from sales and use tax on the purchase of prescription medicines and drugs that are administered or dispensed to patients within a veterinarian-client-patient relationship. The bill repeals provisions of current law that provide that a veterinarian dispensing or selling medicines or drugs on prescription shall be deemed to be the user or consumer of all such medicines and drugs. The bill provides that the exemption shall be in effect from July 1, 2022, until July 1, 2025. This bill is identical to HB 551.

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Where it stands

This bill passed and is now law.

  1. Introduced (Done)

  2. Committee (Done)

  3. Floor (Done)

  4. Law (Done)

    Apr 11, 2022

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It is law in Virginia. What happens now is up to the agency that carries it out, the courts, and the place itself.

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