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Title 26 — Internal Revenue Code

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

§ 6705. Failure by broker to provide notice to payors

Statutory text

(a)

In general

Any person required under section 3406(d)(2)(B) to provide notice to any payor who willfully fails to provide such notice to such payor shall pay a penalty of $500 for each such failure.

(b)

Penalty in addition to other penalties

Any penalty imposed by this section shall be in addition to any other penalty provided by law.

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. Interest and Dividend Tax Compliance Act of 1983

    Pub. L. 98–67 title I § 104(c)(1) · 97 Stat. 369

    Enacted · 26 U.S.C. § 6705

    (Added Pub. L. 98–67, title I, § 104(c)(1), Aug. 5, 1983, 97 Stat. 379.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Added Pub. L. 98–67, title I, § 104(c)(1), Aug. 5, 1983, 97 Stat. 379.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) In general.— Subchapter B of chapter 68 (relating to assessable penalties) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: “SEC. 6705. FAILURE BY BROKER TO PROVIDE NOTICE TO PAYORS. “(a) In General.— Any person required under section 3406(d)(2)(B) Ante, p. 371. to provide notice to any payor who willfully fails to provide such notice to such payor shall pay a penalty of $500 for each such failure. “(b) Penalty in Addition to Other Penalties.— Any penalty imposed by this section shall be in addition to any other penalty provided by law.”

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective with respect to payments made after , see section 110(a) of Pub. L. 98–67, set out as an Effective Date of 1983 Amendment note under section 31 of this title.

Credits

(Added Pub. L. 98–67, title I, § 104(c)(1), , 97 Stat. 379.)

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