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Title 4 › Chapter 4— THE STATES › § 107

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

Prevents taxes from being charged on the United States or its agencies under sections 105 and 106. It also bars taxes on the sale, purchase, storage, or use of physical goods sold by the U.S. or its agencies to authorized buyers. An "authorized buyer" only means someone buying items they are allowed to buy from military commissaries, ship’s stores, or voluntary unincorporated organizations for service members, and only as allowed by the rules set by the Secretary in charge of that military branch.

Full Legal Text

Title 4, §107

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(a)The provisions of section 105 and 106 of this title shall not be deemed to authorize the levy or collection of any tax on or from the United States or any instrumentality thereof, or the levy or collection of any tax with respect to sale, purchase, storage, or use of tangible personal property sold by the United States or any instrumentality thereof to any authorized purchaser.
(b)A person shall be deemed to be an authorized purchaser under this section only with respect to purchases which he is permitted to make from commissaries, ship’s stores, or voluntary unincorporated organizations of personnel of any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States, under regulations promulgated by the departmental Secretary having jurisdiction over such branch.

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1954—Subsec. (b). Act Sept. 3, 1954, substituted “personnel of any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States” for “Army or Navy personnel”.

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4 U.S.C. § 107

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Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60