Title 26Internal Revenue CodeRelease 119-73

§7509 Expenditures incurred by the United States Postal Service

Title 26 › Subtitle Subtitle F— - Procedure and Administration › Chapter CHAPTER 77— - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › § 7509

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Postmaster General must, at least once a month, report extra costs the Postal Service had in the District of Columbia and elsewhere for duties tied to chapter 21 (the FICA tax). The Secretary must advance money from the funds set aside for collecting chapter 21 taxes to cover those costs.

Full Legal Text

Title 26, §7509

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The Postmaster General or his delegate shall at least once a month transfer to the Treasury of the United States a statement of the additional expenditures in the District of Columbia and elsewhere incurred by the United States Postal Service in performing the duties, if any, imposed upon such Service with respect to chapter 21, relating to the tax under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act, and the Secretary shall be authorized and directed to advance from time to time to the credit of the United States Postal Service, from appropriations made for the collection of the taxes imposed by chapter 21, such sums as may be required for such additional expenditures incurred by the United States Postal Service.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Federal Insurance Contributions Act, referred to in text, is act Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, §§ 3101, 3102, 3111, 3112, 3121 to 3128, 68A Stat. 415, which is classified generally to chapter 21 (§ 3101 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 3128 of this title and Tables.

Amendments

1976—Pub. L. 94–455 substituted “United States Postal Service” for “Post Office Department” in section catchline and wherever appearing in text, “such Service” for “such Department”, and struck out “, together with the receipts required to be deposited under section 6803(a),” after “Treasury of the United States” and “or his delegate” after “Secretary”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1976 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 94–455 effective first day of first month which begins more than 90 days after Oct. 4, 1976, see section 1906(d)(1) of Pub. L. 94–455, set out as a note under section 6013 of this title.

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Citation

26 U.S.C. § 7509

Title 26Internal Revenue Code

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73