Franklin D. Roosevelt

Executive Order 8230—Authorizing the Inspection of Certain Returns Made Under the Internal Revenue Code

August 28, 1939

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 55 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code (53 Stat. 29), it is hereby ordered that the following-designated returns made under the said Code shall be open to inspection in accordance and upon compliance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury in the Treasury Decision relating to the inspection of such returns, approved by me this date:

Income (including income of personal holding companies and unjust enrichment income), excess-profits, capital stock, estate, and gift tax returns, and returns of employment tax on employers under Subchapter C of Chapter 9 of the Internal Revenue Code.

Signature of Franklin D. Roosevelt
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

The White House,
August 28, 1939.

Franklin D. Roosevelt, Executive Order 8230—Authorizing the Inspection of Certain Returns Made Under the Internal Revenue Code Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/371888

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