[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 26, Volume 15] [Revised as of April 1, 2004] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 26CFR31.6674-1] [Page 402] TITLE 26--INTERNAL REVENUE CHAPTER I--INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY (CONTINUED) PART 31_EMPLOYMENT TAXES AND COLLECTION OF INCOME TAX AT SOURCE--Table of Contents Subpart G_Administrative Provisions of Special Application to Employment Taxes (Selected Provisions of Subtitle F, Internal Revenue Code of 1954) Sec. 31.6674-1 Penalties for fraudulent statement or failure to furnish statement. Any person required to furnish a statement to an employee under the provisions of section 6051 or 6053(b) is subject to a civil penalty for willful failure to furnish such statement in the manner, at the time, and showing the information required under such section (or Sec. 31.6051-1 or Sec. 31.6053-2), or for willfully furnishing a false or fraudulent statement to an employee. The penalty for each such violation is $50, which shall be assessed and collected in the same manner as the tax imposed on employers under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act. See section 7204 for criminal penalty. [T.D. 7001, 34 FR 1006, Jan. 23, 1969]