<section xmlns="http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" style="-uslm-lc:I80" id="id4e7d6c8b-a3d3-11e9-a1cd-d0ff1fbb1a6f" identifier="/us/usc/t26/s2002"><num value="2002">§ 2002.</num><heading> Liability for payment</heading><content>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0">The tax imposed by this chapter shall be paid by the executor.</p>
</content><sourceCredit id="id4e7d6c8c-a3d3-11e9-a1cd-d0ff1fbb1a6f">(<ref href="/us/act/1954-08-16/ch736">Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736</ref>, <ref href="/us/stat/68A/374">68A Stat. 374</ref>; <ref href="/us/pl/98/369/dA/tV/s544/b/1">Pub. L. 98–369, div. A, title V, § 544(b)(1)</ref>, <date date="1984-07-18">July 18, 1984</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/98/894">98 Stat. 894</ref>; <ref href="/us/pl/101/239/tVII/s7304/b/2/A">Pub. L. 101–239, title VII, § 7304(b)(2)(A)</ref>, <date date="1989-12-19">Dec. 19, 1989</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/103/2353">103 Stat. 2353</ref>.)</sourceCredit>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I74" topic="amendments" id="id4e7d6c8e-a3d3-11e9-a1cd-d0ff1fbb1a6f"><heading class="centered smallCaps">Amendments</heading><p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">1989—<ref href="/us/pl/101/239">Pub. L. 101–239</ref> substituted “The” for “Except as provided in section 2210, the”.</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">1984—<ref href="/us/pl/98/369">Pub. L. 98–369</ref> inserted exception phrase.</p>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I74" topic="effectiveDateOfAmendment" id="id4e7d6c8f-a3d3-11e9-a1cd-d0ff1fbb1a6f"><heading class="centered smallCaps">Effective Date of 1989 Amendment</heading><p><ref href="/us/pl/101/239/tVII/s7304/b/3">Pub. L. 101–239, title VII, § 7304(b)(3)</ref>, <date date="1989-12-19">Dec. 19, 1989</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/103/2353">103 Stat. 2353</ref>, provided that: <quotedContent origin="/us/pl/101/239/tVII/s7304/b/3">“The amendments made by this subsection [amending this section and <ref href="/us/usc/t26/s6018">section 6018 of this title</ref> and repealing <ref href="/us/usc/t26/s2210">section 2210 of this title</ref>] shall apply to estates of decedents dying after <date date="1989-07-12">July 12, 1989</date>.”</quotedContent>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I74" topic="effectiveDateOfAmendment" id="id4e7d6c90-a3d3-11e9-a1cd-d0ff1fbb1a6f"><heading class="centered smallCaps">Effective Date of 1984 Amendment</heading><p><ref href="/us/pl/98/369/dA/tV/s544/d">Pub. L. 98–369, div. A, title V, § 544(d)</ref>, <date date="1984-07-18">July 18, 1984</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/98/894">98 Stat. 894</ref>, provided that: <quotedContent origin="/us/pl/98/369/dA/tV/s544/d">“The amendments made by this section [enacting <ref href="/us/usc/t26/s2210">section 2210 of this title</ref> and amending this section and sections 6018 and 6166 of this title] shall apply to those estates of decedents which are required to file returns on a date (including any extensions) after the date of enactment of this Act [<date date="1984-07-18">July 18, 1984</date>].”</quotedContent>
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