Title 26 — Internal Revenue CodeRelease 119-73
§9601 Transfer of Amounts
Title 26 › Subtitle Subtitle I— Trust Fund Code › Chapter 98— TRUST FUND CODE › Subchapter B— General Provisions › § 9601
Summary
Money appropriated to federal trust funds is moved from the Treasury's general fund to those trust funds at least once a month, based on Treasury estimates. Later transfers are adjusted up or down to correct any estimates that were too high or too low.
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Title 26, §9601
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The amounts appropriated by any section of subchapter A to any Trust Fund established by such subchapter shall be transferred at least monthly from the general fund of the Treasury to such Trust Fund on the basis of estimates made by the Secretary of the Treasury of the amounts referred to in such section. Proper adjustments shall be made in the amounts subsequently transferred to the extent prior estimates were in excess of or less than the amounts required to be transferred.
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26 U.S.C. § 9601
Title 26 — Internal Revenue Code
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73