2015 US Code
Title 26 - Internal Revenue Code (Sections 1 - 9834)
Subtitle D - Miscellaneous Excise Taxes (Sections 4001 - 5000C)
Chapter 42 - Private Foundations; and Certain Other Tax-Exempt Organizations (Sections 4940 - 4967)
Subchapter E - Abatement of First and Second Tier Taxes in Certain Cases (Sections 4961 - 4963)
Sec. 4962 - Abatement of first tier taxes in certain cases
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 26 - INTERNAL REVENUE CODE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 26 - INTERNAL REVENUE CODE Subtitle D - Miscellaneous Excise Taxes CHAPTER 42 - PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS; AND CERTAIN OTHER TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS Subchapter E - Abatement of First and Second Tier Taxes in Certain Cases Sec. 4962 - Abatement of first tier taxes in certain cases |
Contains | section 4962 |
Date | 2015 |
Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Added Pub. L. 98-369, div. A, title III, §305(a), July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 783; amended Pub. L. 100-203, title X, §10712(b)(1), (2), (4), Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1330-467; Pub. L. 105-34, title XVI, §1603(a), Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 1096; Pub. L. 110-172, §3(h), Dec. 29, 2007, 121 Stat. 2475. |
Statutes at Large References | 98 Stat. 783, 784 101 Stat. 1330-467 111 Stat. 1096, 1097 121 Stat. 2475 |
Public and Private Laws | Public Law 98-369, Public Law 100-203, Public Law 104-168, Public Law 105-34, Public Law 109-280, Public Law 110-172 |
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If it is established to the satisfaction of the Secretary that—
(1) a taxable event was due to reasonable cause and not to willful neglect, and
(2) such event was corrected within the correction period for such event,
then any qualified first tier tax imposed with respect to such event (including interest) shall not be assessed and, if assessed, the assessment shall be abated and, if collected, shall be credited or refunded as an overpayment.
(b) Qualified first tier taxFor purposes of this section, the term "qualified first tier tax" means any first tier tax imposed by subchapter A, C, D, or G of this chapter, except that such term shall not include the tax imposed by section 4941(a) (relating to initial tax on self-dealing).
(c) Special rule for tax on political expenditures of section 501(c)(3) organizationsIn the case of the tax imposed by section 4955(a), subsection (a)(1) shall be applied by substituting "not willful and flagrant" for "due to reasonable cause and not to willful neglect".
(Added Pub. L. 98–369, div. A, title III, §305(a), July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 783; amended Pub. L. 100–203, title X, §10712(b)(1), (2), (4), Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1330–467; Pub. L. 105–34, title XVI, §1603(a), Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 1096; Pub. L. 110–172, §3(h), Dec. 29, 2007, 121 Stat. 2475.)
PRIOR PROVISIONSA prior section 4962 was renumbered section 4963 of this title.
AMENDMENTS2007—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 110–172 substituted "D, or G" for "or D".
1997—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105–34 substituted "subchapter A, C, or D" for "subchapter A or C".
1987—Pub. L. 100–203, §10712(b)(4), struck out "private foundation" before "first tier taxes" in section catchline.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100–203, §10712(b)(2), substituted "any qualified first tier tax" for "any private foundation first tier tax" in closing provisions.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 100–203, §10712(b)(1), added subsec. (b) and struck out former subsec. (b) "Private foundation first tier tax" which read as follows: "For purposes of this section, the term 'private foundation first tier tax' means any first tier tax imposed by subchapter A of chapter 42, except that such term shall not include the tax imposed by section 4941(a) (relating to initial tax on self-dealing)."
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 100–203, §10712(b)(1), added subsec. (c).
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2007 AMENDMENTAmendment by Pub. L. 110–172 effective as if included in the provisions of the Pension Protection Act of 2006, Pub. L. 109–280, to which such amendment relates, see section 3(j) of Pub. L. 110–172, set out as a note under section 170 of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1997 AMENDMENTPub. L. 105–34, title XVI, §1603(c), Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 1097, provided that: "The amendments made by this section [amending this section and section 6033 of this title] shall take effect as if included in the provisions of the Taxpayer Bill of Rights 2 [Pub. L. 104–168] to which such amendments relate."
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1987 AMENDMENTAmendment by Pub. L. 100–203 applicable to taxable years beginning after Dec. 22, 1987, see section 10712(d) of Pub. L. 100–203, set out as an Effective Date note under section 4955 of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATEPub. L. 98–369, div. A, title III, §305(c), July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 784, provided that: "The amendments made by this section [enacting this section, redesignating former section 4962 as 4963, and amending sections 4942, 6213, and 6503 of this title] shall apply to taxable events occurring after December 31, 1984."
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