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Title 26 — Internal Revenue Code

Chapter 35 — Taxes on Wagering

§ 4404. Territorial extent

Statutory text

The tax imposed by this subchapter shall apply only to wagers

(1)

accepted in the United States, or

(2)

placed by a person who is in the United States

(A)

with a person who is a citizen or resident of the United States, or

(B)

in a wagering pool or lottery conducted by a person who is a citizen or resident of the United States.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. (Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 525.) · 68A Stat. 525

    Enacted · 26 U.S.C. § 4404

    (Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 525.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 525.)

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Credits

(Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 525.)

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