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Title 26 — Internal Revenue Code

Part I · Chapter 68 — Additions to the Tax, Additional Amounts, and Assessable Penalties

§ 6674. Fraudulent statement or failure to furnish statement to employee

Statutory text

In addition to the criminal penalty provided by section 7204, any person required under the provisions of section 6051 or 6053(b) to furnish a statement to an employee who willfully furnishes a false or fraudulent statement, or who willfully fails to furnish a statement in the manner, at the time, and showing the information required under section 6051 or 6053(b), or regulations prescribed thereunder, shall for each such failure be subject to a penalty under this subchapter of $50, which shall be assessed and collected in the same manner as the tax on employers imposed by section 3111.

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. 828 · 68A Stat. 828

    Enacted · 26 U.S.C. § 6674

    Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 828

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 828

  2. Social Security Amendments of 1965

    Pub. L. 89–97 title III § 313(e)(2)(C) · 79 Stat. 288

    Substituted · 26 U.S.C. § 6674

    Pub. L. 89–97 substituted “6051 or 6053(b)” for “6051” wherever appearing

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 89–97 substituted “6051 or 6053(b)” for “6051” wherever appearing.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (C) Section 6674 of such Code (relating to fraudulent statement or 68A Stat. 828. 26 USC 6674. failure to furnish statement to employee) is amended by striking out “6051” each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “6051 or 68A Stat. 747. 26 USC 6051. 6053(b)”.

    Effective date note
    Amendment by section 313 of Pub. L. 89–97 applicable only with respect to tips received by employees after 1965, see section 313(f) of Pub. L. 89–97, set out as a note under section 6053 of this title.

1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1965—Pub. L. 89–97 substituted “6051 or 6053(b)” for “6051” wherever appearing.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1965 Amendment

Amendment by section 313 of Pub. L. 89–97 applicable only with respect to tips received by employees after 1965, see section 313(f) of Pub. L. 89–97, set out as a note under section 6053 of this title.

Credits

1954–1965 · 2 acts
  1. 1954Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 828
  2. 1965Pub. L. 89–97, title III, § 313(e)(2)(C), , 79 Stat. 385.
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(Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 828; Pub. L. 89–97, title III, § 313(e)(2)(C), , 79 Stat. 385.)

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