Title 26, Internal Revenue CodeRelease 119-110

§4412 Registration

Title 26 › Subtitle D — Miscellaneous Excise Taxes › CHAPTER 35 — TAXES ON WAGERING › Subchapter B — Occupational Tax › § 4412

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

People who must pay the special tax must register with the local IRS official. They must give their name and home address. If the tax comes from a business, they must also list each business location and the names and addresses of anyone who takes wagers for them. A firm or company must list the names and home addresses of the people who make it up. The Secretary can require more information as needed under rules.

Full Legal Text

Title 26, §4412

Internal Revenue Code, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Requirement
Each person required to pay a special tax under this subchapter shall register with the official in charge of the internal revenue district—
(1)his name and place of residence;
(2)if he is liable for tax under subchapter A, each place of business where the activity which makes him so liable is carried on, and the name and place of residence of each person who is engaged in receiving wagers for him or on his behalf; and
(3)if he is engaged in receiving wagers for or on behalf of any person liable for tax under subchapter A, the name and place of residence of each such person.
(b)Firm or company
Where subsection (a) requires the name and place of residence of a firm or company to be registered, the names and places of residence of the several persons constituting the firm or company shall be registered.
(c)Supplemental information
In accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary, the Secretary may require from time to time such supplemental information from any person required to register under this section as may be needful to the enforcement of this chapter.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1976—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 94–455 substituted “the Secretary may” for “he or his delegate may”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Persons Paying Tax and Registering Before
December 1, 1974Persons registered before Dec. 1, 1974 under this section (as in effect on
July 1, 1974) for the year ending
June 30, 1975, not required to reregister under this section for such year, see section 3(d)(2) of Pub. L. 93–499, set out as a note under section 4411 of this title.

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Citation

26 U.S.C. § 4412

Title 26, Internal Revenue Code

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110