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title: "26 U.S.C. § 6686"
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title_name: "INTERNAL REVENUE CODE"
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# 26 U.S.C. § 6686 - Failure to file returns or supply information by DISC or former FSC
## Text
In addition to the penalty imposed by section 7203 (relating to willful failure to file return, supply information, or pay tax) any person required to supply information or to file a return under section 6011(c) who fails to supply such information or file such return at the time prescribed by the Secretary, or who files a return which does not show the information required, shall pay a penalty of $100 for each failure to supply information (but the total amount imposed on the delinquent person for all such failures during any calendar year shall not exceed $25,000) or a penalty of $1,000 for each failure to file a return, unless it is shown that such failure is due to reasonable cause.
(Added Pub. L. 92178, title V, § 504(d), Dec. 10, 1971, 85 Stat. 551; amended Pub. L. 94455, title XIX, § 1906(b)(13)(A), Oct. 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 1834; Pub. L. 98369, div. A, title VIII, § 801(d)(15)(A), July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 997; Pub. L. 110172, § 11(g)(21), Dec. 29, 2007, 121 Stat. 2491.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
Amendments2007—Pub. L. 110172 inserted “former” before “FSC” in section catchline. 1984—Pub. L. 98369 substituted “Failure to file returns or supply information by DISC or FSC” for “Failure of DISC to file returns” in section catchline, and in text substituted “section 6011(c)” for “section 6011(e)”. 1976—Pub. L. 94455 struck out “or his delegate” after “Secretary”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1984 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 98369 applicable to transactions after Dec. 31, 1984, in taxable years ending after such date, see section 805(a)(1) of Pub. L. 98369, as amended, set out as a note under section 245 of this title.
Effective DateSection applicable with respect to taxable years ending after Dec. 31, 1971, except that a corporation may not be a DISC for any taxable year beginning before Jan. 1, 1972, see section 507 of Pub. L. 92178, set out as a note under section 991 of this title.