26 U.S.C. § 6709
Penalties with respect to mortgage credit certificates
United States · Title 26 — INTERNAL REVENUE CODE · Status: effective
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- 26 U.S.C. § 6709, Penalties with respect to mortgage credit certificates, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/464284
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If a misstatement described in subsection (a)(1) is due to fraud on the part of the person making such misstatement, in addition to any criminal penalty, such person shall pay a penalty of $10,000 for each mortgage credit certificate with respect to which such a misstatement is made.
Any person required by section 25(g) to file a report with the Secretary who fails to file the report with respect to any mortgage credit certificate at the time and in the manner required by the Secretary shall pay a penalty of $200 for such failure unless it is shown that such failure is due to reasonable cause and not to willful neglect. In the case of any report required under the second sentence of section 25(g), the aggregate amount of the penalty imposed by the preceding sentence shall not exceed $2,000.
The term “mortgage credit certificate” has the meaning given to such term by section 25(c).
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.
- Deficit Reduction Act of 1984House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Tax Reform Act of 1986House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally