{"identifier":"/us/usc/t26/s6107","title":26,"num":"\u00a7\u202f6107.","heading":"Tax return preparer must furnish copy of return to taxpayer and must retain a copy or list","text":"\u00a7\u202f6107.\nTax return preparer must furnish copy of return to taxpayer and must retain a copy or list\n(a)\nFurnishing copy to taxpayer\nAny person who is a tax return preparer with respect to any return or claim for refund shall furnish a completed copy of such return or claim to the taxpayer not later than the time such return or claim is presented for such taxpayer\u2019s signature.\n(b)\nCopy or list to be retained by tax return preparer\nAny person who is a tax return preparer with respect to a return or claim for refund shall, for the period ending 3 years after the close of the return period\u2014\n(1) retain a completed copy of such return or claim, or retain, on a list, the name and taxpayer identification number of the taxpayer for whom such return or claim was prepared, and\n(2) make such copy or list available for inspection upon request by the Secretary.\n(c)\nRegulations\nThe Secretary shall prescribe regulations under which, in cases where 2 or more persons are tax return preparers with respect to the same return or claim for refund, compliance with the requirements of subsection (a) or (b), as the case may be, of one such person shall be deemed to be compliance with the requirements of such subsection by the other persons.\n(d)\nDefinitions\nFor purposes of this section, the terms \u201creturn\u201d and \u201cclaim for refund\u201d have the respective meanings given to such terms by section 6696(e), and the term \u201creturn period\u201d has the meaning given to such term by section 6060(c).","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t26/s6107.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t26/s6107","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f6107."},{"t":"heading","text":"Tax return preparer must furnish copy of return to taxpayer and must retain a copy or list"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t26/s6107/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Furnishing copy to taxpayer"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"Any person who is a tax return preparer with respect to any return or claim for refund shall furnish a completed copy of such return or claim to the taxpayer not later than the time such return or claim is presented for such taxpayer\u2019s signature.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t26/s6107/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Copy or list to be retained by tax return preparer"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"Any person who is a tax return preparer with respect to a return or claim for refund shall, for the period ending 3 years after the close of the return period\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t26/s6107/b/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" retain a completed copy of such return or claim, or retain, on a list, the name and taxpayer identification number of the taxpayer for whom such return or claim was prepared, and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t26/s6107/b/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" make such copy or list available for inspection upon request by the Secretary.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t26/s6107/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Regulations"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"The Secretary shall prescribe regulations under which, in cases where 2 or more persons are tax return preparers with respect to the same return or claim for refund, compliance with the requirements of subsection (a) or (b), as the case may be, of one such person shall be deemed to be compliance with the requirements of such subsection by the other persons.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t26/s6107/d","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(d)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"For purposes of this section, the terms \u201creturn\u201d and \u201cclaim for refund\u201d have the respective meanings given to such terms by section 6696(e), and the term \u201creturn period\u201d has the meaning given to such term by section 6060(c).","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}