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United States IRC sections

Statute section

IRC section 7421

Prohibition of suits to restrain assessment or collection (Anti-Injunction Act)

Country

United States

Section

7421

Updated

2026-05-20

Operative text

Section 7421(a), the Anti-Injunction Act, bars suits to restrain the assessment or collection of any tax. Limited exceptions exist for certain pre-enforcement proceedings authorized elsewhere in the Code, and the Supreme Court has clarified the scope of the AIA in CIC Services v. IRS (2021).

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