Title 26 — Internal Revenue Code
Part I · Chapter 68 — Additions to the Tax, Additional Amounts, and Assessable Penalties
§ 6714. Failure to meet disclosure requirements applicable to quid pro quo contributions
Statutory text
Imposition of penalty
If an organization fails to meet the disclosure requirement of section 6115 with respect to a quid pro quo contribution, such organization shall pay a penalty of $10 for each contribution in respect of which the organization fails to make the required disclosure, except that the total penalty imposed by this subsection with respect to a particular fundraising event or mailing shall not exceed $5,000.
Reasonable cause exception
No penalty shall be imposed under this section with respect to any failure if it is shown that such failure is due to reasonable cause.
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.
Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1993
Pub. L. 103–66 title XIII § 13173(b) · 107 Stat. 312
Enacted · 26 U.S.C. § 6714
(Added Pub. L. 103–66, title XIII, § 13173(b), Aug. 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 456.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Added Pub. L. 103–66, title XIII, § 13173(b), Aug. 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 456.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
(b) Penalty for Failure To Disclose.— Part I of subchapter B of chapter 68 (relating to assessable penalties) is amended by inserting after section 6713 the following new section: “SEC. 6714. FAILURE TO MEET DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO QUID PRO QUO CONTRIBUTIONS. “(a) Imposition of Penalty.— If an organization fails to meet the disclosure requirement of section 6115 with respect to a quid pro quo contribution, such organization shall pay a penalty of $10 for each contribution in respect of which the organization fails to make the required disclosure, except that the total penalty imposed by this subsection with respect to a particular fundraising event or mailing shall not exceed $5,000. “(b) Reasonable Cause Exception.— No penalty shall be imposed under this section with respect to any failure if it is shown that such failure is due to reasonable cause.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Codification
Another section 6714 was renumbered section 6715 of this title.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section applicable to quid pro quo contributions made on or after , see section 13173(d) of Pub. L. 103–66, set out as a note under section 6115 of this title.
Credits
(Added Pub. L. 103–66, title XIII, § 13173(b), , 107 Stat. 456.)