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title: "26 U.S.C. § 5559"
description: "Determinations"
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title_number: 26
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section: "5559"
citation: "26 U.S.C. § 5559"
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# 26 U.S.C. § 5559 - Determinations
## Text
Whenever the Secretary is required or authorized, in this chapter, to make or verify any quantitative determination, such determination or verification may be made by actual count, weight, or measurement, or by the application of statistical methods, or by other means, under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe.
(Added Pub. L. 85859, title II, § 201, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1396; amended Pub. L. 94455, title XIX, § 1906(b)(13)(A), Oct. 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 1834.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
Amendments1976—Pub. L. 94455 struck out “or his delegate” after “Secretary” wherever appearing.