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26 U.S.C. § 6503

Suspension of running of period of limitation

United States · Title 26 — INTERNAL REVENUE CODE · Status: effective

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26 U.S.C. § 6503, Suspension of running of period of limitation, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/464193
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The running of the period of limitations provided in section 6501 or 6502 on the making of assessments or the collection by levy or a proceeding in court, in respect of any deficiency as defined in section 6211 (relating to income, estate, gift and certain excise taxes), shall (after the mailing of a notice under section 6212(a)) be suspended for the period during which the Secretary is prohibited from making the assessment or from collecting by levy or a proceeding in court (and in any event, if a proceeding in respect of the deficiency is placed on the docket of the Tax Court, until the decision of the Tax Court becomes final), and for 60 days thereafter. If a notice under section 6212(a) in respect of a deficiency in tax imposed by subtitle A for any taxable year is mailed to a corporation, the suspension of the running of the period of limitations provided in paragraph (1) of this subsection shall apply in the case of corporations with which such corporation made a consolidated income tax return for such taxable year. The period of limitations on collection after assessment prescribed in section 6502 shall be suspended for the period the assets of the taxpayer are in the control or custody of the court in any proceeding before any court of the United States or of any State or of the District of Columbia, and for 6 months thereafter. The running of the period of limitations on collection after assessment prescribed in section 6502 shall be suspended for the period during which the taxpayer is outside the United States if such period of absence is for a continuous period of at least 6 months. If the preceding sentence applies and at the time of the taxpayer’s return to the United States the period of limitations on collection after assessment prescribed in section 6502 would expire before the expiration of 6 months from the date of his return, such period shall not expire before the expiration of such 6 months. The running of the period of limitation for collection of any tax imposed by chapter 11 shall be suspended for the period of any extension of time for payment granted under the provisions of section 6161(a)(2) or (b)(2) or under the provisions of section 6163 or 6166. The running of the period of limitations for collection of the tax attributable to a recovery of a foreign expropriation loss (within the meaning of section 6167(f)) shall be suspended for the period of any extension of time for payment under subsection (a) or (b) of section 6167. The running of the period under section 6502 shall be suspended for a period equal to the period from the date property (including money) of a third party is wrongfully seized or received by the Secretary to the date the Secretary returns property pursuant to section 6343(b) or the date on which a judgment secured pursuant to section 7426 with respect to such property becomes final, and for 30 days thereafter. The running of such period shall be suspended under this paragraph only with respect to the amount of such assessment equal to the amount of money or the value of specific property returned. In the case of any assessment for which a lien was made on any property, the running of the period under section 6502 shall be suspended for a period equal to the period beginning on the date any person becomes entitled to a certificate under section 6325(b)(4) with respect to such property and ending on the date which is 30 days after the earlier of— The running of the periods of limitations provided in sections 6501 and 6502 on the making of assessments or the collection by levy or a proceeding in court in respect of any tax imposed by chapter 42 or section 507, 4971, or 4975 shall be suspended for any period described in section 507(g)(2) or during which the Secretary has extended the time for making correction under section 4963(e). The running of the period of limitations provided in section 6501 or 6502 on the making of assessments or collection shall, in a case under title 11 of the United States Code, be suspended for the period during which the Secretary is prohibited by reason of such case from making the assessment or from collecting and— The running of any period of limitations for collection of any amount of undistributed PFIC earnings tax liability (as defined in section 1294(b)) shall be suspended for the period of any extension of time under section 1294 for payment of such amount. If any designated summons is issued by the Secretary to a corporation (or to any other person to whom the corporation has transferred records) with respect to any return of tax by such corporation for a taxable year (or other period) for which such corporation is being examined under the coordinated industry case program (or any successor program) of the Internal Revenue Service, the running of any period of limitations provided in section 6501 on the assessment of such tax shall be suspended— during any judicial enforcement period— For purposes of this subsection— The term “designated summons” means any summons issued for purposes of determining the amount of any tax imposed by this title if— the issuance of such summons is preceded by a review and written approval of such issuance by the Commissioner of the relevant operating division of the Internal Revenue Service and the Chief Counsel which— A summons which relates to any return shall not be treated as a designated summons if a prior summons which relates to such return was treated as a designated summons for purposes of this subsection. For purposes of this subsection, the term “judicial enforcement period” means, with respect to any summons, the period— In any court proceeding described in paragraph (3), the Secretary shall establish that reasonable requests were made for the information that is the subject of the summons. For suspension in case of—

Legislative history

The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.

  • Amended byPub. L. 93-406(H.R. 2)1974-09-02
    Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 94-452(H.R. 11997)1976-10-02
    Bank Holding Company Tax Act of 1976
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 94-455(H.R. 10612)1976-10-04
    Tax Reform Act of 1976
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 95-227(H.R. 5322)1978-02-10
    Black Lung Benefits Revenue Act of 1977
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 95-600(H.R. 13511)1978-11-06
    Revenue Act of 1978
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 96-222(H.R. 2797)1980-04-01
    Technical Corrections Act of 1979
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 96-596(H.R. 5391)1980-12-24
    An act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 with respect to the determination of second tier taxes, and for other purposes.
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 96-589(H.R. 5043)1980-12-24
    Bankruptcy Tax Act of 1980
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 97-34(H.R. 4242)1981-08-13
    Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 98-369(H.R. 4170)1984-07-18
    Deficit Reduction Act of 1984
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 99-514(H.R. 3838)1986-10-22
    Tax Reform Act of 1986
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 100-203(H.R. 3545)1987-12-22
    Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 101-508(H.R. 5835)1990-11-05
    Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990
  • Amended byPub. L. 104-168(H.R. 2337)1996-07-30
    Taxpayer Bill of Rights 2
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 104-188(H.R. 3448)1996-08-20
    Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996
  • Amended byPub. L. 105-34(H.R. 2014)1997-08-05
    Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997
  • Amended byPub. L. 105-206(H.R. 2676)1998-07-22
    Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998
  • Amended byPub. L. 110-28(H.R. 2206)2007-05-25
    U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007
    House: 348–73Senate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 114-74(H.R. 1314)2015-11-02
    Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015
  • Amended byPub. L. 115-141(H.R. 1625)2018-03-23
    Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018
    House: 256–167Senate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 116-25(H.R. 3151)2019-07-01
    Taxpayer First Act
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally