Treasury Regulations · 26 CFR
§ 31.6696-1. Claims for credit or refund by tax return preparers.
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Regulation under 26 U.S.C. § 6696
Cite as 26 CFR § 31.6696-1
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
- 78 words · about 1 min to read
- Cross-references
- cites 0 Code sections and 1 regulation; cited by 0
[T.D. 9436, 73 FR 78454, Dec. 22, 2008]
Cross-references
Computed from the citations in the text of 26 CFR.
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 78454)
Where it sits in 26 CFR
- Subchapter C Employment taxes and collection of income tax at source
- Part 31 Employment taxes and collection of income tax at source
- Subpart G Administrative Provisions of Special Application to Employment Taxes (Selected Provisions of Subtitle F, Internal Revenue Code of 1954)
Nearby sections
- § 31.6694-2 Penalties for understatement due to an unreasonable position.
- § 31.6694-3 Penalty for understatement due to willful, reckless, or intentional conduct.
- § 31.6694-4 Extension of period of collection when tax return preparer pays 15 percent of a penalty for understatement of taxpayer's liability and certain other procedural matters.
- § 31.6695-1 Other assessable penalties with respect to the preparation of tax returns for other persons.
- § 31.6696-1 Claims for credit or refund by tax return preparers.
- § 31.7701-1 Tax return preparer.
- § 31.7701-2 Definitions; spouse, husband and wife, husband, wife, marriage.
- § 31.7805-1 Promulgation of regulations.