EVIDENCE - Internal Revenue Code IS NOT Law
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Leonard NowakowskiEVIDENCE - Internal Revenue Code IS NOT Law
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Leonard NowakowskiInternal Revenue Code
(Title 26, United States Code)
is not Law
26 USC 7806
COMMENTS
26 USC 4161(a) says that a manufacturer must pay a 10% tax on artificial lures.
26 USC 7806(b) says that Title 26 is not the law. In other words, "No inference, implication or presumption of
legislative construction shall be drawn or made by reason of the location or grouping of any particular section or
provision or portion of this title..." N.B. "legislative construction" means "law."
26 USC 4161(a) says lures must be taxed. Nordby supply Co. applied 26 USC 7806(b) to invalidate the lure tax.
The Internal Revenue Code is not the law. It only defines a contract between the IRS and the individual.
TITLE 26, UNITED STATES CODE SERVICE.
Section 7806. Construction of Title.
(a) Cross references. The cross references in this title to other portions of the title, or other provisions of law,
where the word "see" is used, are made only for convenience, and shall be given no legal effect.
(b) Arrangement and classification. No inference, implication, or presumption of legislative construction shall
be drawn or made by reason of the location or grouping of any particular section or provision or portion of this
title, nor shall any table of contents, table of cross references, or similar outline, analysis, or descriptive matter
relating to the contents of this title be given any legal effect. The preceding sentence also applies to the
sidenotes and ancillary tables contained in the various prints of this Act before its enactment into law.
CITATION
1. Location or grouping of section
Fact that 26 USCS Sec. 4161(a) is located in part of Code dealing with recreational equipment and sporting
goods is of little significance in determining applicability of tax to lures used in commercial fishing since Sec.
7806 provides that nothing is to be inferred from grouping or indexing of any particular section. Nordby Supply
Co. v United States (1978, CA9 Wash) 572 F2d 1377, cert den 439 US 861, 58 L Ed 2d 170, 99 S Ct 182.
TITLE 26, UNITED STATES CODE SERVICE.
Section 4161. Imposition of tax.
(a) Rods, creels, etc. There is hereby imposed upon the sale of fishing rods, creels, reels, and artificial lures,
baits, and flies (including parts or accessories of such articles sold on or in connection therewith, or with the
sale thereof) by the manufacturer, producer, or importer a tax equivalent to 10 percent of the price for which so
sold.
