2016 US Code
Title 4 - Flag and Seal, Seat of Government, and the States
Chapter 4 - The States
Sec. 107 - Same; exception of United States, its instrumentalities, and authorized purchases 1 therefrom

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Citation 4 U.S.C. § 107 (2016)
Section Name §107. Same; exception of United States, its instrumentalities, and authorized purchases 1 therefrom
Section Text

(a) The provisions of sections 105 and 106 of this title shall not be deemed to authorize the levy or collection of any tax on or from the United States or any instrumentality thereof, or the levy or collection of any tax with respect to sale, purchase, storage, or use of tangible personal property sold by the United States or any instrumentality thereof to any authorized purchaser.

(b) A person shall be deemed to be an authorized purchaser under this section only with respect to purchases which he is permitted to make from commissaries, ship's stores, or voluntary unincorporated organizations of personnel of any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States, under regulations promulgated by the departmental Secretary having jurisdiction over such branch.

Source Credit

(July 30, 1947, ch. 389, 61 Stat. 645; Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1263, §4, 68 Stat. 1227.)

Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS

1954—Subsec. (b). Act Sept. 3, 1954, substituted "personnel of any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States" for "Army or Navy personnel".

Footnotes

1 So in original. Probably should be "purchasers".

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 4 - FLAG AND SEAL, SEAT OF GOVERNMENT, AND THE STATES
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 4 - FLAG AND SEAL, SEAT OF GOVERNMENT, AND THE STATES
CHAPTER 4 - THE STATES
Sec. 107 - Same; exception of United States, its instrumentalities, and authorized purchases 1 therefrom
Contains section 107
Date 2016
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 6, 2017
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 61 Stat. 645
68 Stat. 1227
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