Title 26 › Subtitle Subtitle F— - Procedure and Administration › Chapter CHAPTER 80— - GENERAL RULES › Subchapter Subchapter A— - Application of Internal Revenue Laws › § 7809
All tax money and other collections for the IRS must be put into the U.S. Treasury every day by the person who received them. No money can be kept back for pay, fees, costs, or other claims. The depositor and the account where the money went must be certified in writing and sent to the Secretary of the Treasury by the Treasurer or bank officer. Some receipts go into special deposit accounts instead, under the Secretary’s instructions. That includes offers to compromise tax debts (section 7122), offers to buy seized real estate (section 7506), surplus sale proceeds after taxes and costs, and surplus from redeemed property sales. Payments for certain services (copies or data from returns, special studies, training, and public inspection of written determinations under sections 6103(p), 6108(b), 7516, and 6110) are also handled as directed. If state or local law enforcement helped recover money, 10 percent of those recoveries must go into a separate account to pay reimbursements under section 7624; any leftover goes back into the Treasury as tax collections.
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26 U.S.C. § 7809
Title 26 — Internal Revenue Code
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Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73