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United States IRC sections

Statute section

IRC section 6662

Imposition of accuracy-related penalty on underpayments

Country

United States

Section

6662

Updated

2026-05-20

Operative text

Section 6662 imposes a 20 percent accuracy-related penalty on underpayments attributable to negligence, substantial understatement, substantial valuation misstatement, or transfer-pricing adjustments. Section 6662(h) raises the penalty to 40 percent in gross-valuation-misstatement cases.

Cross-references

26 U.S.C. 48226 U.S.C. 6664

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