Richard Nixon photo

Executive Order 11709—Inspection by Department of Agriculture of Income Tax Returns Made Under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 of Persons Having Farm Operations

March 27, 1973

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 6103 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended (26 U.S.C. 6103 (a)), it is hereby ordered that income tax returns made for taxable years beginning on or after January 1,1967, of persons having farm operations shall be open to inspection to the extent readily available in the Internal Revenue Service by the Department of Agriculture as may be needed for statistical purposes only, in accordance and upon compliance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury in Treasury Decision 7255, relating to inspection by the Department of Agriculture of certain income tax returns, approved by the President on January 17, 1973, and the amendment thereto approved by me this date.

RICHARD NIXON

The White House,

March 27, 1973.

NOTE: Executive Order 11709 was not issued in the form of a White House press release.

Richard Nixon, Executive Order 11709—Inspection by Department of Agriculture of Income Tax Returns Made Under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 of Persons Having Farm Operations Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/307053

Simple Search of Our Archives