§3801
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Statute Text — 26 U.S.C. §3801
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In a statutorily mandated 1999 study the Joint Committee on Taxation attemptedto define and distinguish these three doctrines as well as the business purpose and step transaction doctrines. See StaffofJ. Comm. on Taxation, Study ofPresent-Law Penalty and Interest Provisions as Required by Section 3801 ofthe Internal Revenue Service Restructuring Act of 1998 (Including Provisions Relating to Corporate Tax Shelters) (Vol.
Comm, on Taxation, Study of Present-Law Penalty and Interest Provisions as Required by Section 3801 of the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring Act of 1998 (Including Provisions Relating to Corporate Tax Shelters) (Vol.
on Taxation, Study of Present-Law Penalty and Interest Provisions as Required by Section 3801 of the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998 (Including Provisions Relating to Corporate Tax Shelters) (Vol.
1961) (addressing predecessor section 3801 ofthe 1939 Internal Revenue Code).
1961) (addressing predecessor section 3801 ofthe 1939 Internal Revenue Code).
ovisions, currently secs. 1311-1314, to allow correction of inconsistent positions that otherwise would be barred by expiration of the statutory limitation period. Revenue Act of 1938, ch. 289, tit. V, sec. 820, 52 Stat. 447, 581, later codified as sec. 3801, I.R.C. 1939. The mitigation provisions were made retroactive to taxable years beginning Jan. 1, 1932, Revenue Act of 1938, ch. 289, tit. V, sec. 820(f), 52 Stat. 582, and ultimately provided relief to the taxpayer in Gooch Milling & Elevato