Title 26 — Internal Revenue Code
Part IV · Chapter 61 — Information and Returns
§ 6065. Verification of returns
Statutory text
Except as otherwise provided by the Secretary, any return, declaration, statement, or other document required to be made under any provision of the internal revenue laws or regulations shall contain or be verified by a written declaration that it is made under the penalties of perjury.
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.
Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 749 · 68A Stat. 749
Enacted · 26 U.S.C. § 6065
Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 749
Source evidence
Code source credit
Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 749Pub. L. 94–455 § 1906(a)(6) · 90 Stat. 1520
Struck · 26 U.S.C. § 6065
Pub. L. 94–455, § 1906(a)(6), struck out provisions relating to the authority of the Secretary or his delegate to require that any return, statement, or other document to be made under provision of the internal revenue laws or regulations shall be verified by an oath
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 94–455, § 1906(a)(6), struck out provisions relating to the authority of the Secretary or his delegate to require that any return, statement, or other document to be made under provision of the internal revenue laws or regulations shall be verified by an oath.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(6) Amendments of section 6065.— Section 6065 (relating to verification of returns) is amended by striking out subsection (b) (relating to verification by oath), and by striking out in subsection (a) the following: “(a) Penalties of Perjury.—”.Effective date note
Amendment by Pub. L. 94–455 effective on first day of first month which begins more than ninety days after Oct. 4, 1976, see section 1906(d)(1) of Pub. L. 94–455, set out as a note under section 6013 of this title.Pub. L. 94–455 § 1906(b)(13)(A) · 90 Stat. 1520
Struck · 26 U.S.C. § 6065
Pub. L. 94–455, § 1906(b)(13)(A), struck out “or his delegate” after “Secretary”
Target inherited from the preceding amendment note.
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 94–455, § 1906(b)(13)(A), struck out “or his delegate” after “Secretary”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(A) The Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended by this Act, is amended by striking out “Secretary or his delegate” each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “Secretary”.Effective date note
Amendment by Pub. L. 94–455 effective on first day of first month which begins more than ninety days after Oct. 4, 1976, see section 1906(d)(1) of Pub. L. 94–455, set out as a note under section 6013 of this title.
2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1976—Pub. L. 94–455, § 1906(a)(6), struck out provisions relating to the authority of the Secretary or his delegate to require that any return, statement, or other document to be made under provision of the internal revenue laws or regulations shall be verified by an oath.
Pub. L. 94–455, § 1906(b)(13)(A), struck out “or his delegate” after “Secretary”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1976 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 94–455 effective on first day of first month which begins more than ninety days after , see section 1906(d)(1) of Pub. L. 94–455, set out as a note under section 6013 of this title.
Credits
1954–1976 · 2 acts
- 1954Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 749
- 1976Pub. L. 94–455, title XIX, § 1906(a)(6), (b)(13)(A), , 90 Stat. 1824, 1834.
Show as published
(Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 749; Pub. L. 94–455, title XIX, § 1906(a)(6), (b)(13)(A), , 90 Stat. 1824, 1834.)