26 USC 4101 - Registration and bond

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§ 4101.

Registration and bond

(a)

Registration

(1)

In general

(2)

Registration of persons within foreign trade zones, etc.

The Secretary shall require registration by any person which—

(A)

operates a terminal or refinery within a foreign trade zone or within a customs bonded storage facility, or

(B)

holds an inventory position with respect to a taxable fuel in such a terminal.

(3)

Display of registration

(4)

Registration of persons extending credit on certain exempt sales of fuel

The Secretary shall require registration by any person which—

(A)

extends credit by credit card to any ultimate purchaser described in subparagraph (C) or (D) of section 6416(b)(2) for the purchase of taxable fuel upon which tax has been imposed under section 4041 or 4081, and

(B)

does not collect the amount of such tax from such ultimate purchaser.

(5)

Reregistration in event of change in ownership

(b)

Bonds and liens

(1)

In general

Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, the Secretary may require, as a condition of permitting any person to be registered under subsection (a), that such person—

(A)

give a bond in such sum as the Secretary determines appropriate, and

(B)

agree to the imposition of a lien—

(i)

on such property (or rights to property) of such person used in the trade or business for which the registration is sought, or

(ii)

with the consent of such person, on any other property (or rights to property) of such person as the Secretary determines appropriate.

Rules similar to the rules of section 6323 shall apply to the lien imposed pursuant to this paragraph.

(2)

Release or discharge of lien

(c)

Denial, revocation, or suspension of registration

(d)

Information reporting

The Secretary may require—

(1)

information reporting by any person registered under this section, and

(2)

information reporting by such other persons as the Secretary deems necessary to carry out this part.

Any person who is required to report under this subsection and who has 25 or more reportable transactions in a month shall file such report in electronic format.

(Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 484; Pub. L. 89–44, title VIII, § 802(b)(2), June 21, 1965, 79 Stat. 159; Pub. L. 94–455, title XIX, § 1906(b)(13)(A), Oct. 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 1834; Pub. L. 97–424, title V, § 515(b)(8), Jan. 6, 1983, 96 Stat. 2182; Pub. L. 99–514, title XVII, § 1703(b)(1), Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2776; Pub. L. 100–203, title X, § 10502(d)(3), Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1330–444; Pub. L. 101–508, title XI, § 11212(b)(1), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1388–430; Pub. L. 103–66, title XIII, § 13242(d)(1), Aug. 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 522; Pub. L. 105–34, title X, § 1032(d), Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 934; Pub. L. 105–206, title VI, § 6010(h)(5), July 22, 1998, 112 Stat. 815; Pub. L. 107–147, title VI, § 615(a), Mar. 9, 2002, 116 Stat. 62; Pub. L. 108–357, title III, § 301(b), title VIII, §§ 853(d)(2)(F), 861(a), 862(a), 864(a), Oct. 22, 2004, 118 Stat. 1461, 1613, 1618, 1619, 1621; Pub. L. 109–59, title XI, §§ 11113(c), 11163(a), 11164(a), Aug. 10, 2005, 119 Stat. 1949, 1973, 1975; Pub. L. 110–172, § 11(a)(29), Dec. 29, 2007, 121 Stat. 2487; Pub. L. 110–234, title XV, § 15321(b)(3)(A), May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1513; Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title XV, § 15321(b)(3)(A), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 2275; Pub. L. 112–240, title IV, § 404(b)(3)(C), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2339; Pub. L. 117–169, title I, §§ 13203(d)(2)(C), 13704(b)(5), Aug. 16, 2022, 136 Stat. 1935, 2003.)

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