Making tax

United States Code

Section: 5821

Jurisdiction: US

Bluebook Citation: 26 U.S.C. § 5821


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  • 2026United States v. Comeaux 5th Cir.
  • 2025State of Minnesota v. Logan Hunter Vagle Minn.
  • 2025Bondi v. Vanderstok SCOTUS
  • 2024Ken Paxton, Atty Gen v. Dettelbach 5th Cir.
  • 2023VanDerStok v. Garland 5th Cir.
  • 2023State of Texas v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives S.D. Tex.
  • 2022Roe v. Lombardo S.D. Ill.
  • 2018Texas v. United States N.D. Tex.
  • 2017Bezet v. United States E.D. La.
  • 2013United States v. Dodson 6th Cir.

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$200 for each firearm made in the case of a machinegun or a destructive device, and $0 for any firearm made which is not described in paragraph (1). The tax imposed by subsection (a) of this section shall be paid by the person making the firearm. The tax imposed by subsection (a) of this section shall be payable by the stamp prescribed for payment by the Secretary. There shall be levied, collected, and paid upon the making of a firearm a tax at the rate of— (Source: (Added Pub. L. 90–618, title II, § 201, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1228; amended Pub. L. 94–455, title XIX, § 1906(b)(13)(A), Oct. 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 1834; Pub. L. 119–21, title VII, § 70436(b), July 4, 2025, 139 Stat. 247.))

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