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Title 26 — Internal Revenue Code

Part II · Chapter 76 — Judicial Proceedings

§ 7455. Service of process

Statutory text

The mailing by certified mail or registered mail of any pleading, decision, order, notice, or process in respect of proceedings before the Tax Court shall be held sufficient service of such pleading, decision, order, notice, or process.

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. 884 · 68A Stat. 884

    Enacted · 26 U.S.C. § 7455

    Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 884

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 884

  2. Technical Amendments Act of 1958

    Pub. L. 85–866 title I § 89(b) · 72 Stat. 1606

    Inserted · 26 U.S.C. § 7455

    Pub. L. 85–866 inserted “certified mail or” before “registered mail”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 85–866 inserted “certified mail or” before “registered mail”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (b) Other Provisions of 1954 Code.— Sections 167 (d) (relating 26 USC 167, 534, 6164, 6212. to agreement as to useful life on which depreciation rate is based), 534 (b) (relating to notification by Secretary), 6164 (d) (2) (relating to period of extension of time for payment of taxes by corporations expecting carrybacks), 6212 (a) (relating to notice of deficiency), 26 USC 6212, 6532, 7455. 6212 (b) (2) (relating to address for notice of deficiency in the case of a joint income tax return), 6532 (a) (1) (relating to periods of limitation on suits by taxpayers for refunds), 6532 (a) (4) (relating to reconsideration after mailing of notice), and 7455 (relating to service of process) are each amended by striking out “registered mail” each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “certified mail or registered mail”.

    Effective date note
    Amendment by Pub. L. 85–866 applicable only if mailing occurs after Sept. 2, 1958, see section 89(d) of Pub. L. 85–866, set out as a note under section 7502 of this title.

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

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1958—Pub. L. 85–866 inserted “certified mail or” before “registered mail”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1958 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 85–866 applicable only if mailing occurs after , see section 89(d) of Pub. L. 85–866, set out as a note under section 7502 of this title.

Credits

1954–1958 · 2 acts
  1. 1954Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 884
  2. 1958Pub. L. 85–866, title I, § 89(b), , 72 Stat. 1665.
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(Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 884; Pub. L. 85–866, title I, § 89(b), , 72 Stat. 1665.)

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