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Title 26 - INTERNAL REVENUE CODESubtitle E - ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, AND CERTAIN OTHER EXCISE TAXESChapter 51 - DISTILLED SPIRITS, WINES, AND BEERSubchapter J - PENALTIES, SEIZURES, AND FORFEITURES RELATING TO LIQUORSPart V - REPEALEDChapter 53 - MACHINE GUNS, DESTRUCTIVE DEVICES, AND CERTAIN OTHER FIREARMSSubchapter A - TAXES
Part III - TAX ON MAKING FIREARMS
Section 5821 - Making tax

26 U.S.C. § 5821

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Current through P.L. 118-47 (published on www.congress.gov on 03/23/2024)
Section 5821 - Making tax
(a) Rate

There shall be levied, collected, and paid upon the making of a firearm a tax at the rate of $200 for each firearm made.

(b) By whom paid

The tax imposed by subsection (a) of this section shall be paid by the person making the firearm.

(c) Payment

The tax imposed by subsection (a) of this section shall be payable by the stamp prescribed for payment by the Secretary.

26 U.S.C. § 5821

Added Pub. L. 90-618, title II, §201, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1228; amended Pub. L. 94-455, title XIX, §1906(b)(13)(A), Oct. 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 1834.

EDITORIAL NOTES

PRIOR PROVISIONSA prior section 5821, acts Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 724; Sept. 2, 1958, Pub. L. 85-859, title II, §203(d), 72 Stat. 1427, consisted of provisions similar to those comprising this section, prior to the general revision of this chapter by Pub. L. 90-618.

AMENDMENTS1976-Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 94-455 struck out "or his delegate" after "Secretary".

STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES

EFFECTIVE DATE Section effective on first day of first month following October 1968, see section 207 of Pub. L. 90-618 set out as a note under section 5801 of this title.

Secretary
The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate.
person
The term "person" shall be construed to mean and include an individual, a trust, estate, partnership, association, company or corporation.