Title 26 — Internal Revenue Code
Chapter 71 — Transferees and Fiduciaries
§ 6903. Notice of fiduciary relationship
Statutory text
Rights and obligations of fiduciary
Upon notice to the Secretary that any person is acting for another person in a fiduciary capacity, such fiduciary shall assume the powers, rights, duties, and privileges of such other person in respect of a tax imposed by this title (except as otherwise specifically provided and except that the tax shall be collected from the estate of such other person), until notice is given that the fiduciary capacity has terminated.
Manner of notice
Notice under this section shall be given in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary.
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. 843 · 68A Stat. 843
Enacted · 26 U.S.C. § 6903
Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 843
Source evidence
Code source credit
Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 843Pub. L. 94–455 title XIX § 1906(b)(13)(A) · 90 Stat. 1520
Struck · 26 U.S.C. § 6903
Pub. L. 94–455 struck out “or his delegate” after “Secretary” wherever appearing
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 94–455 struck out “or his delegate” after “Secretary” wherever appearing.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”.
1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1976—Pub. L. 94–455 struck out “or his delegate” after “Secretary” wherever appearing.
Credits
1954–1976 · 2 acts
- 1954Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 843
- 1976Pub. L. 94–455, title XIX, § 1906(b)(13)(A), , 90 Stat. 1834.
Show as published
(Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 843; Pub. L. 94–455, title XIX, § 1906(b)(13)(A), , 90 Stat. 1834.)