26 U.S.C. § 7454
Burden of proof in fraud, foundation manager, and transferee cases
United States · Title 26 — INTERNAL REVENUE CODE · Status: effective
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- 26 U.S.C. § 7454, Burden of proof in fraud, foundation manager, and transferee cases, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/464472
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In any proceeding involving the issue whether the petitioner has been guilty of fraud with intent to evade tax, the burden of proof in respect of such issue shall be upon the Secretary.
In any proceeding involving the issue whether a foundation manager (as defined in section 4946(b)) has “knowingly” participated in an act of self-dealing (within the meaning of section 4941), participated in an investment which jeopardizes the carrying out of exempt purposes (within the meaning of section 4944), or agreed to the making of a taxable expenditure (within the meaning of section 4945), or whether the trustee of a trust described in section 501(c)(21) has “knowingly” participated in an act of self-dealing (within the meaning of section 4951) or agreed to the making of a taxable expenditure (within the meaning of section 4952), or whether an organization manager (as defined in section 4955(f)(2)) has “knowingly” agreed to the making of a political expenditure (within the meaning of section 4955), or whether an organization manager (as defined in section 4912(d)(2)) has “knowingly” agreed to the making of disqualifying lobbying expenditures within the meaning of section 4912(b), or whether an organization manager (as defined in section 4958(f)(2)) has “knowingly” participated in an excess benefit transaction (as defined in section 4958(c)), the burden of proof in respect of such issue shall be upon the Secretary.
For provisions relating to burden of proof as to transferee liability, see section 6902(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 The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- Tax Reform Act of 1976House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Black Lung Benefits Revenue Act of 1977House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Technical Corrections Act of 1979House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Taxpayer Bill of Rights 2House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996
- Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018House: 256–167Senate: no recorded tally