Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 26 : Section 4253


   

U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 4253 - Notes
                                   SOURCE
    (Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 504; Pub. L. 85-859, title I,
    Sec. 133(a), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1290; Pub. L. 86-344, Sec.
    4(a), Sept. 21, 1959, 73 Stat. 619; Pub. L. 87-508, Sec. 4(b), June
    28, 1962, 76 Stat. 115; Pub. L. 89-44, title III, Sec. 302, June
    21, 1965, 79 Stat. 146; Pub. L. 89-368, title II, Sec. 202(b), Mar.
    15, 1966, 80 Stat. 66; Pub. L. 91-172, title I, Sec. 101(j)(27),
    Dec. 30, 1969, 83 Stat. 529; Pub. L. 94-455, title XIX, Secs.
    1904(a)(6), 1906(b)(13)(A), Oct. 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 1811, 1834; Pub.
    L. 101-508, title XI, Sec. 11217(c)(1), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat.
    1388-438.)
                                  REPEAL                              
      This subchapter, relating to the tax on communications, was
    repealed by Pub. L. 90-364, title I, Sec. 105(b)(3), June 28, 1968,
    82 Stat. 266, as amended by Pub. L. 91-172, title VII, Sec.
    702(b)(3), Dec. 30, 1969, 83 Stat. 660; Pub. L. 91-614, title II,
    Sec. 201(b)(3), Dec. 31, 1970, 84 Stat. 1843, effective with
    respect to amounts paid pursuant to bills first rendered on or
    after Jan. 1, 1982. In the case of communications services rendered
    before Nov. 1, 1981, for which a bill has not been rendered before
    Jan. 1, 1982, a bill shall be treated as having been first rendered
    on Dec. 31, 1981. Repeal of this subchapter was not executed in
    view of the amendments to section 4251 of this title by Pub. L.
    96-499, Pub. L. 97-34, Pub. L. 97-248, Pub. L. 98-369, Pub. L.
    99-514, Pub. L. 100-203, and Pub. L. 101-508, extending the date in
    (and finally eliminating) provisions which had reduced the tax to
    zero after a specified date.
                                AMENDMENTS                            
      1990 - Subsec. (k). Pub. L. 101-508 added subsec. (k).
      1976 - Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 94-455, Sec. 1906(b)(13)(A), struck
    out "or his delegate" after "Secretary".
      Subsecs. (i), (j). Pub. L. 94-455, Sec. 1904(a)(6), added
    subsecs. (i) and (j).
      1969 - Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 91-172 substituted "section
    170(b)(1)(A)(iii)" for "section 503(b)(5)".
      1966 - Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 89-368 added subsec. (h).
      1965 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 89-44 substituted "with respect to
    local telephone service, or with respect to toll telephone service
    if the charge for such toll telephone service is less than 25
    cents", for "with respect to general telephone service, or with
    respect to toll telephone service or telegraph service if the
    charge for such toll telephone service or telegraph service is less
    than 25 cents".
      Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 89-44 substituted "local telephone service"
    for "general telephone service" and "such service" for "such
    services".
      Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 89-44 substituted "International, etc.,
    organizations" for "Certain organizations" in heading.
      Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 89-44 reenacted subsec. (d) without change.
      Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 89-44 substituted "any service" for "toll
    telephone service, telegraph service, or teletypewriter exchange
    service".
      Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 89-44 substituted amounts paid for any toll
    telephone service for amounts paid for wire mileage service, wire
    and equipment service, and use of any telephone or radiotelephone
    line or channel which constitutes general telephone service if such
    line or channel connects stations between any two of which there
    would otherwise be a toll charge.
      Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 89-44 reenacted subsec. (g) without change.
      Subsecs. (h) to (j). Pub. L. 89-44 struck out subsecs. (h) to
    (j), which related to terminal facilities in case of wire mileage
    service and to certain interior and private communications
    services.
      1962 - Subsec. (j). Pub. L. 87-508 added subsec. (j).
      1959 - Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 86-344 substituted "Common carriers
    and communications companies" for "Special wire service in company
    business" in heading, incorporated existing provisions in opening
    and closing statements and par. (1) and added par. (2).
      1958 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 85-859 substituted "general telephone
    service, or with respect to toll telephone service or telegraph
    service if the charge for such toll telephone service or telegraph
    service is less than 25 cents" for "local telephone service".
      Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 85-859 substituted "general telephone
    service, on any payment received from any person for services used"
    for "local telephone service, upon any payment received from any
    person for services or facilities utilized".
      Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 85-859 substituted "on any payment received
    for services furnished to an international organization, or to the
    American National Red Cross" for "upon any payment received for
    services or facilities furnished to an international organization,
    or any organization created by act of Congress to act in matters of
    relief under the treaty of Geneva of August 22, 1864".
      Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 85-859 substituted "on any payment received
    for any toll telephone service" for "with respect to long distance
    telephone service upon any payment received for any telephone or
    radio telephone message".
      Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 85-859 substituted "toll telephone service,
    telegraph service, or teletypewriter exchange service" for "long
    distance telephone service or telegraph service" and "in furnishing
    such service" for "in the transmission of such dispatch, message or
    conversation".
      Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 85-859 substituted "any wire mileage service
    or wire and equipment service as is used in the conduct" for "the
    service described in sections 4252(d) and (e) as is utilized in the
    conduct".
      Subsecs. (g) to (i). Pub. L. 85-859 added subsecs. (g) to (i).

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