§ 6677 — Failure To File Information With Respect To Certain Foreign Trusts

(a) In addition to any criminal penalty provided by law, if any notice or return required to be filed by section 6048— (1) is not filed on or before the time provided in such section, or (2) does not include all the information required pursuant to such section or includes incorrect information, (b) In the case of a return required under section 6048(b)— (1) the United States person referred to in such section shall be liable for the penalty imposed by subsection (a), and (2) subsection (a) shall be applied by substituting “5 percent” for “35 percent”. (c) For purposes of subsection (a), the term “gross reportable amount” means— (1) the gross value of the property involved in the event (determined as of the date of the event) in the case of a failure relating to section 6048(a), (2) the gross value of the portion of the trust’s assets at the close of the year treated as owned by the United States person in the case of a failure relating to section 6048(b)(1), and (3) the gross amount of the distributions in the case of a failure relating to section 6048(c). (d) No penalty shall be imposed by this section on any failure which is shown to be due to reasonable cause and not due to willful neglect. The fact that a foreign jurisdiction would impose a civil or criminal penalty on the taxpayer (or any other person) for disclosing the required information is not reasonable cause. (e) Subchapter B of chapter 63 (relating to deficiency procedures for income, estate, gift, and certain excise taxes) shall not apply in respect of the assessment or collection of any penalty imposed by subsection (a).