§254
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Statute Text — 26 U.S.C. §254
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§ 254l(f)(1)(B)(iv). Of that amount, around $126,000 was trebled principal and around $145,000 was trebled interest. Hawronsky, 105 T.C. at 96. We held in Hawronsky that “the treble damages penalty . . . serves a deterrent and a retributive function similar to a criminal fine” because the damages “amount has no demonstrated relationship to the cost
3 This was ratified by the U.S. Senate, Oct. 22, 1969; ratification deposited, Nov. 24, 1969; entered into force for the United States, Dec. 24, 1969. - 10 - (d) dues and taxes on private income, including capital gains, having its source in the receiving State and capital taxes relating to investments made in commercial or finan
254o(b)(1) (Supp. IV, 1981). Petitioner, believing he was not in default, filed a civil suit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia against the Secretary of DHHS in Keane v. Bowen, Civil Action No. 86-02574-SS. In October 1987, petitioner reached a settlement with DHHS, and the case was dismissed. Under the terms of t