[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 26, Volume 18]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 26CFR301.7512-1]

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                       TITLE 26--INTERNAL REVENUE
 
    CHAPTER I--INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
                               (CONTINUED)
 
PART 301_PROCEDURE AND ADMINISTRATION--Table of Contents
 
                          Judicial Proceedings
 
Sec. 301.7512-1  Separate accounting for certain collected taxes.

    (a) Scope. The provisions of section 7512 and this section apply 
to--
    (1) The following taxes imposed by subtitle C of the Code in respect 
of wages or compensation paid after February 11, 1958, for pay periods 
beginning after such date:
    (i) The employee tax imposed by section 3101 of chapter 21 (Federal 
Insurance Contributions Act),
    (ii) The employee tax imposed by section 3201 of chapter 22 
(Railroad Retirement Tax Act), and
    (iii) The income tax required to be withheld on wages by section 
3402 of chapter 24 (Collection of Income Tax at Source on Wages); and
    (2) The following taxes imposed by chapter 33 of the Code in respect 
of taxable payments made, except as otherwise specifically provided in 
this subparagraph, after February 11, 1958:
    (i) The taxes imposed by section 4231 (1), (2), and (3) on amounts 
paid for admissions, and the tax imposed by section 4231(6) on amounts 
paid for admission, refreshment, service, or merchandise, at any roof 
garden, cabaret, or other similar place, to the extent that such tax on 
amounts paid on or after January 1, 1959, is required to be collected by 
the proprietor of the roof garden, cabaret, or similar place from a 
concessionaire in such establishment,
    (ii) The taxes imposed by section 4241 on amounts paid as club dues,
    (iii) The taxes imposed by section 4251 on amounts paid for 
communications services or facilities,
    (iv) The tax imposed by section 4261 on amounts paid for 
transportation of persons and the tax imposed by section 4271 on amounts 
paid before August 1, 1958, for the transportation of property, and
    (v) The tax imposed by section 4286 on amounts collected for the use 
of safe deposit boxes.
    (b) Requirement. If the district director determines that any person 
required to collect, account for, and pay over any tax described in 
paragraph (a) of this section has, at the time and in the manner 
prescribed by law or regulations, failed to collect, truthfully account 
for, or pay over any such tax, or make deposits, payments, or returns of 
any such tax, such person, if notified to do so by the district director 
in accordance with section 7512 and paragraph (d) of this section, 
shall--
    (1) Collect, at the times and in the manner provided by the law and 
the regulations in respect of the various taxes described in paragraph 
(a) of this section, all of the taxes described in such paragraph which 
become collectible by him after receipt of such notice;
    (2) Deposit the taxes so collected, not later than the end of the 
second banking day after collection, with a bank, as defined in section 
581, in a separate account established in accordance with paragraph (c) 
of this section; and
    (3) Keep in such account the taxes so deposited until payment 
thereof is made to the United States as required by the law and the 
regulations in respect of such taxes.

The separate accounting requirements contained in subparagraphs (1), 
(2), and (3) of this paragraph (b), are applicable, in the case of the 
taxes described in paragraph (a)(1) of this section, to taxes with 
respect to wages or compensation paid after receipt of the notice from 
the district director, irrespective of whether such wages or 
compensation was earned prior to or after receipt of the notice; and, in 
the case of the taxes described in paragraph (a)(2) of this section, to 
taxes with respect to taxable payments made after receipt of the notice 
from the district director, irrespective of whether the transactions 
with respect to which such payments were made occurred prior to or after 
receipt of the notice.
    (c) Trust fund account. The separate bank account referred to in 
paragraph (b) of this section shall be established under the 
designation, ``(Name of person required to establish account), Trustee, 
Special Fund in Trust for U.S. under section 7512, I.R.C.''. The taxes 
deposited in such account shall constitute a fund in trust for the 
United States payable only to the Internal Revenue Service on demand by 
the trustee.
    (d) Notice. Notice to any person requiring his compliance with the 
provisions of section 7512(b) and this section shall be in writing and 
shall be delivered in hand to such person by an internal revenue officer 
or employee. In

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the case of a trade or business carried on other than as a sole 
proprietorship, such as a corporation, partnership, or trust, notice 
delivered in hand to an officer, partner, or trustee shall be deemed to 
be notice delivered in hand to such corporation, partnership, or trust 
and to all officers, partners, trustees, and employees thereof.
    (e) Cancellation of notice. The district director may relieve a 
person to whom notice requiring separate accounting has been given 
pursuant to section 7512 and this section from further compliance with 
such separate accounting requirements whenever he is satisfied that such 
person will comply with all requirements of the Code and the regulations 
applicable, in respect of the taxes to which the notice relates, in the 
case of persons not required to comply with the provisions of section 
7512(b). Notice of cancellation of the requirement for separate 
accounting shall be made in writing and shall take effect at such time 
as is specified in the notice of cancellation.
    (f) Penalties. For criminal penalty for failure to comply with any 
provision of section 7512, see section 7215. For criminal penalties for 
failure to file return, supply information, or pay tax, for failure to 
collect or pay over tax, and for attempt to evade or defeat tax, see 
sections 7203, 7202, and 7201, respectively.