Title 26Internal Revenue CodeRelease 119-73not60

§7457 Witness Fees

Title 26 › Subtitle Subtitle F— Procedure and Administration › Chapter 76— JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS › Subchapter C— The Tax Court › Part II— PROCEDURE › § 7457

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Witnesses summoned or deposed under Tax Court rules get the same fees and travel pay as U.S. court witnesses. The Secretary pays his witnesses from tax-collection funds and may pay in advance; other witnesses are paid by the party who requested them.

Full Legal Text

Title 26, §7457

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(a)Any witness summoned or whose deposition is taken under section 7456 shall receive the same fees and mileage as witnesses in courts of the United States.
(b)Such fees and mileage and the expenses of taking any such deposition shall be paid as follows:
(1)In the case of witnesses for the Secretary, such payments shall be made by the Secretary out of any moneys appropriated for the collection of internal revenue taxes, and may be made in advance.
(2)In the case of any other witnesses, such payments shall be made, subject to rules prescribed by the Tax Court, by the party at whose instance the witness appears or the deposition is taken.

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Amendments

1976—Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 94–455 struck out “or his delegate” after “Secretary” wherever appearing.

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Citation

26 U.S.C. § 7457

Title 26Internal Revenue Code

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60