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26 U.S.C. 7502: Timely mailing treated as timely filing and paying

Created in 1958 by Public Law 85-866. Changed by 8 later laws. 1 bill in this Congress would change it.

6 parts of federal rules cite it as their authority, written by Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, Department of the Treasury (5), Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury (1).

This Congress

  • S. 5441 TAS Act · reported by committee · would change (c)

How it got here

1998

  • Pub. L. 105–206 inserted "; electronic filing" after "mailing" in heading and amended text of subsec. (c) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: (Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998) Law text · (c)

1996

  • Pub. L. 104–168 added subsec. (f). (Taxpayer Bill of Rights 2) Law text · (f)

1986

  • Pub. L. 99–514 substituted "any tax" for "the tax". · (e)

1984

  • Pub. L. 98–369 added par. (3). · (e)

1977

  • Pub. L. 95–147 substituted ", trust company, domestic building and loan association, or credit union" for "or trust company" in three places. · (e)

1976

  • Pub. L. 94–455, §1906(a)(49), (b)(13)(A), substituted "United States Postal Service" for "United States Post Office" after "made by the", and struck out "or his delegate" after "Secretary". · (b)
  • Pub. L. 94–455, §1906(b)(13)(A), struck out "or his delegate" after "Secretary". · (c), (e)

1968

  • Pub. L. 90–364 added subsec. (e). · (e)

1966

  • Pub. L. 89–713 inserted filing of tax returns and the payments of tax to the list of operations to which the timely-mailing-timely-filing provisions of the subsec. apply and altered the subsec. structurally by dividing its provisions into pars. (1) and (2). · (a)
  • Pub. L. 89–713 substituted "Postmarks" for "Stamp machine" in heading. · (b)
  • Pub. L. 89–713 inserted returns and payments to the list of operations to which the timely-mailing-timely-filing provisions apply and altered par. (1) structurally by dividing its provisions into subpars. (A) and (B). · (c)
  • Pub. L. 89–713 designated existing provisions as par. (1) and added pars. (2) and (3). · (d)

1958

  • Pub. L. 85–866 designated existing provisions as par. (1) and added par. (2). · (c)

Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.