26 U.S.C. § 6677
Failure to file information with respect to certain foreign trusts
United States · Title 26 — INTERNAL REVENUE CODE · Status: effective
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- 26 U.S.C. § 6677, Failure to file information with respect to certain foreign trusts, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/464248
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In addition to any criminal penalty provided by law, if any notice or return required to be filed by section 6048—
In the case of a return required under section 6048(b)—
For purposes of subsection (a), the term “gross reportable amount” means—
No penalty shall be imposed by this section on any failure which is shown to be due to reasonable cause and not due to willful neglect. The fact that a foreign jurisdiction would impose a civil or criminal penalty on the taxpayer (or any other person) for disclosing the required information is not reasonable cause.
Subchapter B of chapter 63 (relating to deficiency procedures for income, estate, gift, and certain excise taxes) shall not apply in respect of the assessment or collection of any penalty imposed by subsection (a).
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 The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Tax Reform Act of 1976House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996
- Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act