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Treasury Regulations · 26 CFR

§ 601.102. Classification of taxes collected by the Internal Revenue Service.

In effect eCFR current as of October 15, 2026

Regulation text, no changes From the eCFR, current as of October 15, 2026. The eCFR is an authoritative but unofficial editorial compilation of the Code of Federal Regulations; the official text is the annual CFR on govinfo. Compare it with this section on ecfr.gov (external site) or the official annual CFR on govinfo (external site).

Cite as 26 CFR § 601.102

At a glance

Read from the text and its source citation. Not part of the regulation.

Status
In the current eCFR
Issued
November 22, 1967 by 32 FR 15990
Last amended
November 12, 1996 by T.D. 8685
Length
292 words · about 1 min to read
(a) Principal divisions. Internal revenue taxes fall generally into the following principal divisions:
(1) Taxes collected by assessment.
(2) Taxes collected by means of revenue stamps.
(b) Assessed taxes. Taxes collected principally by assessment fall into the following two main classes:
(1) Taxes within the jurisdiction of the U.S. Tax Court. These include:
(i) Income and profits taxes imposed by Chapters 1 and 2 of the 1939 Code and taxes imposed by subtitle A of the 1954 Code, relating to income taxes.
(ii) Estate taxes imposed by Chapter 3 of the 1939 Code and Chapter 11 of the 1954 Code.
(iii) Gift tax imposed by Chapter 4 of the 1939 Code and Chapter 12 of the 1954 Code.
(iv) The tax on generation-skipping transfers imposed by Chapter 13 of the 1954 Code.
(v) Taxes imposed by Chapters 41 through 44 of the 1954 Code.
(2) Taxes not within the jurisdiction of the U.S. Tax Court. Taxes not imposed by Chapter 1, 2, 3, or 4 of the 1939 Code or Subtitle A or Chapter 11 or 12 of the 1954 Code are within this class, such as:
(i) Employment taxes.
(ii) Miscellaneous excise taxes collected by return.
(3) The difference between these two main classes is that only taxes described in subparagraph (1) of this paragraph, i.e., those within the jurisdiction of the Tax Court, may be contested before an independent tribunal prior to payment. Taxes of both classes may be contested by first making payment, filing claim for refund, and then bringing suit to recover if the claim is disallowed or no decision is rendered thereon within six months.

[32 FR 15990, Nov. 22, 1967, as amended at 35 FR 7111, May 6, 1970; 46 FR 26053, May 11, 1981; T.D. 8685, 61 FR 58008, Nov. 12, 1996]

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.

  1. Amended by T.D. 8685 (61 FR 58008)
  2. Amended (46 FR 26053)
  3. Amended (35 FR 7111)
  4. Issued (32 FR 15990)

Where it sits in 26 CFR

  1. Subchapter H Internal revenue practice
  2. Part 601 Statement of procedural rules
  3. Subpart A General Procedural Rules

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