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title: "26 U.S.C. § 6204"
description: "Supplemental assessments"
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title_number: 26
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citation: "26 U.S.C. § 6204"
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# 26 U.S.C. § 6204 - Supplemental assessments
## Text
(a) General rule The Secretary may, at any time within the period prescribed for assessment, make a supplemental assessment whenever it is ascertained that any assessment is imperfect or incomplete in any material respect.
(b) Restrictions on assessment For restrictions on assessment of deficiencies in income, estate, gift, and certain excise taxes, see section 6213.
(Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 768; Pub. L. 93406, title II, § 1016(a)(27), Sept. 2, 1974, 88 Stat. 932; Pub. L. 94455, title XIX, § 1906(b)(13)(A), Oct. 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 1834.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
Amendments1976—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 94455 struck out “or his delegate” after “Secretary”. 1974—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 93406 substituted “gift, and certain excise taxes” for “and gift taxes”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1974 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 93406 applicable, except as otherwise provided in section 1017(c) through (i) of Pub. L. 93406, for plan years beginning after Sept. 2, 1974, and, in the case of plans in existence on Jan. 1, 1974, amendment by Pub. L. 93406 applicable for plan years beginning after Dec. 31, 1975, see section 1017 of Pub. L. 93406, set out as an Effective Date; Transitional Rules note under section 410 of this title.