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Title 26 — Internal Revenue CodeRelease 119-73

§6303 Notice and Demand for Tax

Title 26 › Subtitle Subtitle F— Procedure and Administration › Chapter 64— COLLECTION › Subchapter A— General Provisions › § 6303

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

After the IRS officially records a tax you owe, it must send you a notice as soon as practical, and within 60 days, stating the amount and demanding payment. The notice goes to your home, your usual place of business, or your last known address by mail. If the tax is assessed before the normal payment due date, the IRS must wait until after that date to demand payment, unless it believes waiting would put collection at risk. In figuring that due date, time periods postponed because of disasters or similar events count; this rule applies to notices issued after December 26, 2025.

Full Legal Text

Title 26, §6303

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(a)Where it is not otherwise provided by this title, the Secretary shall, as soon as practicable, and within 60 days, after the making of an assessment of a tax pursuant to section 6203, give notice to each person liable for the unpaid tax, stating the amount and demanding payment thereof. Such notice shall be left at the dwelling or usual place of business of such person, or shall be sent by mail to such person’s last known address.
(b)(1)Except where the Secretary believes collection would be jeopardized by delay, if any tax is assessed prior to the last date prescribed for payment of such tax, payment of such tax shall not be demanded under subsection (a) until after such date.
(2)For purposes of paragraph (1), the last date prescribed for payment of any tax shall be determined after taking into account any period disregarded under section 7508A.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2025—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 119–64 designated existing provisions as par. (1), inserted heading, and added par. (2). 1976—Pub. L. 94–455 struck out “or his delegate” after “Secretary” wherever appearing.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2025 Amendment Pub. L. 119–64, § 2(b)(2), Dec. 26, 2025, 139 Stat. 1985, provided that: “The

Amendments

made by this subsection [amending this section] shall apply to notices issued after the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 26, 2025].”

Reference

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Citation

26 U.S.C. § 6303

Title 26 — Internal Revenue Code

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73