Editorial Notes
Amendments

2019—Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 116–25, § 1206(a), amended par. (1) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “An officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service may not contact any person other than the taxpayer with respect to the determination or collection of the tax liability of such taxpayer without providing reasonable notice in advance to the taxpayer that contacts with persons other than the taxpayer may be made.”

Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 116–25, § 1208(a), added subsec. (f).

1998—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 105–206, § 3417(a), added subsec. (c). Former subsec. (c) redesignated (d).

Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 105–206, § 3417(a), redesignated subsec. (c) as (d). Former subsec. (d) redesignated (e).

Pub. L. 105–206, § 3412, added subsec. (d).

Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 105–206, § 3417(a), redesignated subsec. (d) as (e).

1982—Pub. L. 97–248 redesignated existing provisions as subsec. (a), added subsec. (a) heading, and added subsecs. (b) and (c).

1976—Pub. L. 94–455 struck out “or his delegate” after “Secretary” wherever appearing.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 2019 Amendment

Pub. L. 116–25, title I, § 1206(b), July 1, 2019, 133 Stat. 990, provided that: “The amendment made by this section [amending this section] shall apply to notices provided, and contacts of persons made, after the date which is 45 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [July 1, 2019].”

Pub. L. 116–25, title I, § 1208(b), July 1, 2019, 133 Stat. 991, provided that: “The amendment made by this section [amending this section]—

“(1)
shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act [July 1, 2019]; and
“(2)
shall not fail to apply to a contract in effect under section 6103(n) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 merely because such contract was in effect before the date of the enactment of this Act.”

Effective Date of 1998 Amendment

Pub. L. 105–206, title III, § 3417(b), July 22, 1998, 112 Stat. 758, provided that: “The amendments made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply to contacts made after the 180th day after the date of the enactment of this Act [July 22, 1998].”

Effective Date of 1982 Amendment

Pub. L. 97–248, title III, § 333(b), Sept. 3, 1982, 96 Stat. 623, provided that: “The amendments made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall take effect on the day after the date of the enactment of this Act [Sept. 3, 1982].”