26 U.S.C. § 7653 — Shipments from the United States
submitted 72 years ago by ch. 736 to r/title-26-INTERNAL-REVENUE-CODE · 251 words · no verdicts yet
U.S. goods sent to Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands pay local tax there instead. Such shipments skip U.S. internal revenue tax entirely. Exporters can also get a refund of any U.S. tax already paid on those goods.
(a) Tax imposed: (1) Puerto Rico: All U.S.-made merchandise entering Puerto Rico must be processed at the port of entry and pay a tax equal to Puerto Rico's own internal tax on the same kind of Puerto Rican-made goods. (2) Virgin Islands: Goods imported into the Virgin Islands from the U.S. must pay a tax equal to whatever tax the Virgin Islands charges on the same kind of locally made goods.
(b) Exemption from tax imposed in the United States: Goods and merchandise shipped from the U.S. to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa are exempt from U.S. internal revenue taxes.
(c) Drawback of tax paid in the United States: The usual rules letting exporters get back ("draw back") U.S. internal revenue tax on goods they export apply, as far as they fit, to the same kind of goods when U.S. tax has already been paid and the goods are then shipped to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, or American Samoa.
(d) Cross reference: For how the proceeds of taxes collected on goods made in Guam and brought to the U.S. or its territories (or consumed in Guam) get distributed, see the Act of August 1, 1950.
All articles of merchandise of United States manufacture coming into Puerto Rico shall be entered at the port of entry upon payment of a tax equal in rate and amount to the internal revenue tax imposed in Puerto Rico upon the like articles of Puerto Rican manufacture.
There shall be imposed in the Virgin Islands upon articles imported from the United States a tax equal to the internal revenue tax imposed in such islands upon like articles there manufactured.
Articles, goods, wares, or merchandise going into Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa from the United States shall be exempted from the payment of any tax imposed by the internal revenue laws of the United States.
All provisions of law for the allowance of drawback of internal revenue tax on articles exported from the United States are, so far as applicable, extended to like articles upon which an internal revenue tax has been paid when shipped from the United States to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, or American Samoa.
For the disposition of the proceeds of all taxes collected under the internal revenue laws of the United States on articles produced in Guam and transported into the United States or its possessions, or consumed in Guam, see the Act of August 1, 1950 (48 U.S.C. 1421h).
Source credit: (Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736 68A Stat. 908; Pub. L. 86–70, § 22(f), June 25, 1959, 73 Stat. 146; Pub. L. 86–624, § 18(h), July 12, 1960, 74 Stat. 416; Pub. L. 94–455, title XIX, § 1906(a)(56), Oct. 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 1832.)
- 1954Enacted · Act of Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736
- 1959Amended · Pub. L. 86-70 · 73 Stat. 146
- 1960Amended · Pub. L. 86-624 · 74 Stat. 416
- 1976Amended · Pub. L. 94-455 · 90 Stat. 1832
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 736 on 1954-08-16.
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