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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.

  1. 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. 749

  2. Pub. 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.

  3. 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
  1. 1954Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 749
  2. 1976Pub. L. 94–455, title XIX, § 1906(a)(6), (b)(13)(A), , 90 Stat. 1824, 1834.
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(Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 749; Pub. L. 94–455, title XIX, § 1906(a)(6), (b)(13)(A), , 90 Stat. 1824, 1834.)

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