2017 US Code
Title 26 - Internal Revenue Code
Subtitle F - Procedure and Administration
Chapter 61 - Information and Returns
Subchapter B - Miscellaneous Provisions
Sec. 6107 - Tax return preparer must furnish copy of return to taxpayer and must retain a copy or list
| 26 U.S.C. § 6107 (2017) |
| §6107. Tax return preparer must furnish copy of return to taxpayer and must retain a copy or list |
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(a) Furnishing copy to taxpayer
Any person who is a tax return preparer with respect to any return or claim for refund shall furnish a completed copy of such return or claim to the taxpayer not later than the time such return or claim is presented for such taxpayer's signature. (b) Copy or list to be retained by tax return preparerAny person who is a tax return preparer with respect to a return or claim for refund shall, for the period ending 3 years after the close of the return period— (1) retain a completed copy of such return or claim, or retain, on a list, the name and taxpayer identification number of the taxpayer for whom such return or claim was prepared, and (2) make such copy or list available for inspection upon request by the Secretary. The Secretary shall prescribe regulations under which, in cases where 2 or more persons are tax return preparers with respect to the same return or claim for refund, compliance with the requirements of subsection (a) or (b), as the case may be, of one such person shall be deemed to be compliance with the requirements of such subsection by the other persons. (d) DefinitionsFor purposes of this section, the terms "return" and "claim for refund" have the respective meanings given to such terms by section 6696(e), and the term "return period" has the meaning given to such term by section 6060(c). |
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(Added Pub. L. 94–455, title XII, §1203(c), Oct. 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 1690; amended Pub. L. 110–28, title VIII, §8246(a)(2)(C)(i), May 25, 2007, 121 Stat. 201.) |
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PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 6107, acts Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 756; Nov. 2, 1966, Pub. L. 89–713, §4(c), 80 Stat. 1110, authorized an alphabetical list of names of all persons who have paid special taxes under subtitle D or E of this title to be kept for public inspection, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 90–618, title II, §203(a), Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1235. AMENDMENTS2007—Pub. L. 110–28, §8246(a)(2)(C)(i)(I), substituted "Tax return preparer" for "Income tax return preparer" in section catchline. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 110–28, §8246(a)(2)(C)(i)(II), substituted "a tax return preparer" for "an income tax return preparer". Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 110–28, §8246(a)(2)(C)(i)(II), (III), substituted "tax return preparer" for "income tax return preparer" in heading and "a tax return preparer" for "an income tax return preparer" in text. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 110–28, §8246(a)(2)(C)(i)(IV), substituted "tax return preparers" for "income tax return preparers". EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2007 AMENDMENTAmendment by Pub. L. 110–28 applicable to returns prepared after May 25, 2007, see section 8246(c) of Pub. L. 110–28, set out as a note under section 6060 of this title. EFFECTIVE DATESection applicable to documents prepared after Dec. 31, 1976, see section 1203(j) of Pub. L. 94–455, set out as an Effective Date of 1976 Amendment note under section 7701 of this title. |
| United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 26 - INTERNAL REVENUE CODE |
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| Title 26 - INTERNAL REVENUE CODE Subtitle F - Procedure and Administration CHAPTER 61 - INFORMATION AND RETURNS Subchapter B - Miscellaneous Provisions Sec. 6107 - Tax return preparer must furnish copy of return to taxpayer and must retain a copy or list |
| section 6107 |
| 2017 |
| January 12, 2018 |
| No |
| standard |
| 80 Stat. 1110 82 Stat. 1235 90 Stat. 1690 121 Stat. 201 |
| Public Law 89-713, Public Law 90-618, Public Law 94-455, Public Law 110-28 |
