Treasury Regulations · 26 CFR
§ 26.6696-1. Claims for credit or refund by tax return preparers.
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Regulation under 26 U.S.C. § 6696
Cite as 26 CFR § 26.6696-1
At a glance
Read from the text and its source citation. Not part of the regulation.
- Status
- In the current eCFR
- Issued
- December 22, 2008 by T.D. 9436
- Issued under
- 26 U.S.C. § 6696
- Length
- 99 words · about 1 min to read
- Cross-references
- cites 1 Code section and 1 regulation; cited by 0
[T.D. 9436, 73 FR 78453, Dec. 22, 2008]
Cross-references
Computed from the citations in the text of 26 CFR.
Code sections it cites
Regulations it cites
Amendment history
From the source citation at the end of the section, newest first. T.D. is a Treasury decision; FR is the Federal Register.
- Issued by T.D. 9436 (73 FR 78453)
Where it sits in 26 CFR
- Subchapter B Estate and gift taxes
- Part 26 Generation-skipping transfer tax regulations under the tax reform act of 1986
Nearby sections
- § 26.6694-2 Penalties for understatement due to an unreasonable position.
- § 26.6694-3 Penalty for understatement due to willful, reckless, or intentional conduct.
- § 26.6694-4 Extension of period of collection when preparer pays 15 percent of a penalty for understatement of taxpayer's liability and certain other procedural matters.
- § 26.6695-1 Other assessable penalties with respect to the preparation of tax returns for other persons.
- § 26.6696-1 Claims for credit or refund by tax return preparers.
- § 26.7701-1 Tax return preparer.
- § 26.7701-2 Definitions; spouse, husband and wife, husband, wife, marriage.