NASBA-style CPE self-study · Virginia Sales & Use Tax

Designed for Compliance Built on Experience

CPE training you can trust — self-study courses on Virginia Retail Sales & Use Tax, written by an instructor with 40+ years auditing and teaching the Commonwealth’s most-appealed tax.

Earn a downloadable CPE certificatePass at 70% · unlimited retakes
The Buchanan Education Service owl over a soft Virginia statute and ledger texture
40+
Years in the field
VA sales/use tax auditing & training
63
CPE hours
Across the full course catalog
70%
Exam to pass
Unlimited retakes, one full year
100%
Virginia-specific
Cited to VA primary sources

Self-study CPE, the way compliance work actually happens

Study online at your pace, practice with inline review questions, then prove it on a graded exam — and walk away with a certificate you can file for license renewal.

Study online, on your schedule

Rich, structured lessons you read in-app — no clunky PDF downloads. Inline review questions let you check yourself as you go.

Earn a real CPE certificate

Pass the final exam at 70% and instantly receive a downloadable, NASBA-style certificate with your CPE hours and field of study.

The nuanced, appealed corners

We focus where most non-compliance hides: the heavily-appealed areas of VA sales & use tax shaped by Commissioner rulings and court decisions.

Cited to Virginia sources

Every legal point traces to a Virginia primary source — Title 58.1, 23VAC10-210, Rulings of the Tax Commissioner, and VA court decisions.

One year, unlimited retakes

You have a full year from purchase to pass, with as many attempts as you need. Correct answers are revealed once you pass.

Stay current as the law moves

VA sales-tax interpretation shifts with each ruling and decision. Our courses are written to keep you current.

The catalog

Featured courses

Individual, pay-per-course self-study on Virginia Retail Sales & Use Tax. Field of study: Taxes · QAS Self Study.

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  • A stack of sales-tax forms with the top sheet lifting — retail sales tax fundamentals
    #2501Basic
    Coming Soon

    Virginia Retail Sales Tax – The Basics

    When a business must register to collect Virginia sales tax, what's taxable, how to remit, and the often-overlooked obligation to self-remit use tax.

    20 CPE hoursTaxes
  • A calendar grid beside stacked tax returns — periodic filing deadlines
    #2502Basic
    Coming Soon

    Virginia Retail Sales Tax – Filing Requirements

    Registration and filing obligations for in-state retailers, out-of-state retailers, and purchasers who must remit Virginia sales and use tax.

    2 CPE hoursTaxes
  • Layered certificate documents with an embossed wax seal — exemption certificates
    #2503Basic
    Coming Soon

    Virginia Retail Sales Tax – Certificates of Exemption

    The types of exemption certificates, how to judge whether one is valid and taken in good faith, and how they're treated in an audit.

    6 CPE hoursTaxes
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