2020 US Code
Title 26 - Internal Revenue Code
Subtitle F - Procedure and Administration
Chapter 68 - Additions to the Tax, Additional Amounts, and Assessable Penalties
Subchapter B - Assessable Penalties
Part I - General Provisions
Sec. 6718 - Failure to display tax registration on vessels
| 26 U.S.C. § 6718 (2020) |
| §6718. Failure to display tax registration on vessels |
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(a) Failure to display registration
Every operator of a vessel who fails to display proof of registration pursuant to section 4101(a)(3) shall pay a penalty of $500 for each such failure. With respect to any vessel, only one penalty shall be imposed by this section during any calendar month. (b) Multiple violationsIn determining the penalty under subsection (a) on any person, subsection (a) shall be applied by increasing the amount in subsection (a) by the product of such amount and the aggregate number of penalties (if any) imposed with respect to prior months by this section on such person (or a related person or any predecessor of such person or related person). (c) Reasonable cause exceptionNo penalty shall be imposed under this section with respect to any failure if it is shown that such failure is due to reasonable cause. |
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(Added and amended Pub. L. 108–357, title VIII, §§861(b)(1), 862(b), Oct. 22, 2004, 118 Stat. 1618, 1619.) |
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AMENDMENTS
2004—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 108–357, §862(b), substituted "section 4101(a)(3)" for "section 4101(a)(2)". EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2004 AMENDMENTAmendment by section 862(b) of Pub. L. 108–357 effective Jan. 1, 2005, see section 862(c) of Pub. L. 108–357, set out as a note under section 4101 of this title. EFFECTIVE DATEPub. L. 108–357, title VIII, §861(c)(2), Oct. 22, 2004, 118 Stat. 1619, provided that: "The amendments made by subsection (b) [enacting this section] shall apply to penalties imposed after December 31, 2004." |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 26 - INTERNAL REVENUE CODE |
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| Title 26 - INTERNAL REVENUE CODE Subtitle F - Procedure and Administration CHAPTER 68 - ADDITIONS TO THE TAX, ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS, AND ASSESSABLE PENALTIES Subchapter B - Assessable Penalties PART I - GENERAL PROVISIONS Sec. 6718 - Failure to display tax registration on vessels |
| section 6718 |
| 2020 |
| January 13, 2021 |
| No |
| standard |
| 118 Stat. 1618, 1619 |
| Public Law 108-357 |
