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Code · U.S. Code · Title 26 - INTERNAL REVENUE CODE · CHAPTER 68— ADDITIONS TO THE TAX, ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS, AND ASSESSABLE PENALTIES · Subchapter A— Additions to the Tax and Additional Amounts · § 6657

§ 6657. Bad checks

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If any instrument in payment, by any commercially acceptable means, of any amount receivable under this title is not duly paid, in addition to any other penalties provided by law, there shall be paid as a penalty by the person who tendered such instrument, upon notice and demand by the Secretary, in the same manner as tax, an amount equal to 2 percent of the amount of such instrument, except that if the amount of such instrument is less than $1,250, the penalty under this section shall be $25 or the amount of such instrument, whichever is the lesser.
This section shall not apply if the person tendered such instrument in good faith and with reasonable cause to believe that it would be duly paid.
(Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 826; Pub. L. 94–455, title XIX, § 1906(b)(13)(A), Oct. 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 1834; Pub. L. 100–647, title V, § 5071(a), Nov. 10, 1988, 102 Stat. 3681; Pub. L. 110–28, title VIII, § 8245(a), May 25, 2007, 121 Stat. 200; Pub. L. 111–198, § 3(a), July 2, 2010, 124 Stat. 1356.)
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  • Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736
  • 68A Stat. 826
  • Pub. L. 94–455, title XIX, § 1906(b)(13)(A)
  • 90 Stat. 1834
  • Pub. L. 100–647, title V, § 5071(a)
  • 102 Stat. 3681
  • Pub. L. 110–28, title VIII, § 8245(a)
  • 121 Stat. 200
  • Pub. L. 111–198, § 3(a)
  • 124 Stat. 1356
  • Pub. L. 111–198, § 3(a)(2)
  • Pub. L. 111–198, § 3(a)(1)
  • Pub. L. 110–28
  • Pub. L. 100–647
  • Pub. L. 94–455
  • Pub. L. 111–198, § 3(b)
  • Pub. L. 110–28, title VIII, § 8245(b)
  • Pub. L. 100–647, title V, § 5071(b)
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ActAug. 16, 1954, ch. 736
Stat.68A Stat. 826
Pub. L.Pub. L. 94–455, title XIX, § 1906(b)(13)(A)
Stat.90 Stat. 1834
Pub. L.Pub. L. 100–647, title V, § 5071(a)
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