New refund penalty enacted last year

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New refund penalty enacted last year

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I don't watch the Hendrickson loonies all that closely these days. Have they been hit yet with the new civil refund penalty?

This went into law last May so it should be hitting soon.
26 USCS § 6676

§ 6676. Erroneous claim for refund or credit.

(a) Civil penalty. If a claim for refund or credit with respect to income tax (other than a claim for a refund or credit relating to the earned income credit under section 32 [26 USCS § 32]) is made for an excessive amount, unless it is shown that the claim for such excessive amount has a reasonable basis, the person making such claim shall be liable for a penalty in an amount equal to 20 percent of the excessive amount.

(b) Excessive amount. For purposes of this section, the term "excessive amount" means in the case of any person the amount by which the amount of the claim for refund or credit for any taxable year exceeds the amount of such claim allowable under this title for such taxable year.

(c) Coordination with other penalties. This section shall not apply to any portion of the excessive amount of a claim for refund or credit which is subject to a penalty imposed under part II of subchapter A of chapter 68 [26 USCS §§ 6662 et seq.].
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Re: New refund penalty enacted last year

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I just looked it up. The Treasury regs on this subject are due to come out shortly.
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Re: New refund penalty enacted last year

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Demosthenes wrote:I just looked it up. The Treasury regs on this subject are due to come out shortly.
And we all know that the statute is ineffectual and meaningless without an implementing regulation.
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