Title 26Internal Revenue CodeRelease 119-73not60

§7211 False Statements to Purchasers or Lessees Relating to Tax

Title 26 › Subtitle Subtitle F— Procedure and Administration › Chapter 75— CRIMES, OTHER OFFENSES, AND FORFEITURES › Subchapter A— Crimes › Part I— GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 7211

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Anyone who, while selling or leasing something or offering it for sale or lease, says or writes something that makes a buyer think part of the price is a U.S. tax, or explicitly labels part of the price as a U.S. tax, is covered.

Full Legal Text

Title 26, §7211

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Whoever in connection with the sale or lease, or offer for sale or lease, of any article, or for the purpose of making such sale or lease, makes any statement, written or oral—
(1)intended or calculated to lead any person to believe that any part of the price at which such article is sold or leased, or offered for sale or lease, consists of a tax imposed under the authority of the United States, or
(2)ascribing a particular part of such price to a tax imposed under the authority of the United States,

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Citation

26 U.S.C. § 7211

Title 26Internal Revenue Code

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60