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Title 26 — Internal Revenue Code

Chapter 74 — Closing Agreements and Compromises

§ 7124. Cross references

Statutory text

For criminal penalties for concealment of property, false statement, or falsifying and destroying records, in connection with any closing agreement, compromise, or offer of compromise, see section 7206.

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. 850, § 7123 · 68A Stat. 850

    Enacted · 26 U.S.C. § 7124

    Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 850, § 7123

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 850, § 7123

  2. Pub. L. 97–258 § 3(f)(12)(A) · 96 Stat. 1065

    Struck · 26 U.S.C. § 7124(a)

    Pub. L. 97–258, § 3(f)(12)(A), struck out heading “Criminal penalties”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 97–258, § 3(f)(12)(A), struck out heading “Criminal penalties”.

  3. Pub. L. 97–258 § 3(f)(12)(B) · 96 Stat. 1065

    Struck · 26 U.S.C. § 7124(b)

    Pub. L. 97–258, § 3(f)(12)(B), struck out subsec. (b) which set forth cross reference to R.S. 3469 (31 U.S.C. 194) relating to compromises after judgment

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 97–258, § 3(f)(12)(B), struck out subsec. (b) which set forth cross reference to R.S. 3469 (31 U.S.C. 194) relating to compromises after judgment.

  4. Taxpayer Bill of Rights 3

    Pub. L. 105–206 title III § 3465(a)(1) · 112 Stat. 685

    Changed · 26 U.S.C. § 7124

    Pub. L. 105–206 renumbered section 7123 of this title as this section

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 105–206 renumbered section 7123 of this title as this section.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) In general.— Chapter 74 (relating to closing agreements and compromises) is amended by redesignating section 7123 as section 7124 and by inserting after section 7122 the following new section: “SEC. 7123. APPEALS DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCEDURES. “(a) Early Referral to Appeals Procedures.— The Secretary shall prescribe procedures by which any taxpayer may request early referral of 1 or more unresolved issues from the examination or collection division to the Internal Revenue Service Office of Appeals. “(b) Alternative Dispute Resolution Procedures.— “(1) Mediation.— The Secretary shall prescribe procedures under which a taxpayer or the Internal Revenue Service Office of Appeals may request non-binding mediation on any issue unresolved at the conclusion of— “(A) appeals procedures; or “(B) unsuccessful attempts to enter into a closing agreement under section 7121 or a compromise under section 7122. “(2) Arbitration.— The Secretary shall establish a pilot program under which a taxpayer and the Internal Revenue Service Office of Appeals may jointly request binding arbitration on any issue unresolved at the conclusion of— “(A) appeals procedures; or “(B) unsuccessful attempts to enter into a closing agreement under section 7121 or a compromise under section 7122.”.

1 of 4 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 3 partial

Editorial Notes

Amendments1982–1998 · 2 rounds

1998

Pub. L. 105–206 renumbered section 7123 of this title as this section.

1982

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 97–258, § 3(f)(12)(A), struck out heading “Criminal penalties”.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 97–258, § 3(f)(12)(B), struck out subsec. (b) which set forth cross reference to R.S. 3469 (31 U.S.C. 194) relating to compromises after judgment.

Credits

1954–1998 · 3 acts
  1. 1954Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 850, § 7123
  2. 1982Pub. L. 97–258, § 3(f)(12), , 96 Stat. 1065
  3. 1998renumbered § 7124, Pub. L. 105–206, title III, § 3465(a)(1), , 112 Stat. 767.
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(Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 850, § 7123; Pub. L. 97–258, § 3(f)(12), , 96 Stat. 1065; renumbered § 7124, Pub. L. 105–206, title III, § 3465(a)(1), , 112 Stat. 767.)

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