31 CFR § 597.508 - Payment of taxes and incidental fees to the Palestinian Authority.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t31/s597.508"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "31 CFR § 597.508 - Payment of taxes and incidental fees to the Palestinian Authority."
title_number: 31
title_name: "Money and Finance: Treasury"
section_number: "597.508"
section_name: "Payment of taxes and incidental fees to the Palestinian Authority."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
part_number: "597"
part_name: "FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS SANCTIONS REGULATIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "8 U.S.C. 1189; 18 U.S.C. 2339B; 31 U.S.C. 321(b); Pub. L. 101-410, 104 Stat. 890, as amended (28 U.S.C. 2461 note)."
regulatory_source: "62 FR 52495, Oct. 8, 1997, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "597"
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# 597.508 Payment of taxes and incidental fees to the Palestinian Authority.
(a) Effective April 12, 2006, U.S. financial institutions are authorized to conduct all transactions ordinarily incident to the following activities by U.S. persons: the payment of taxes or fees to, or the purchase or receipt of permits or public utility services from, the Palestinian Authority where such transactions are necessary and ordinarily incident to such persons' day-to-day operations. Nothing in this license authorizes a debit to an account of the Palestinian Authority on the books of a U.S. financial institution or to any account blocked pursuant to this part.
(b) The retention and reporting provisions of § 597.201 shall not apply with respect to transactions authorized by paragraph (a) of this section.
[71 FR 27202, May 10, 2006]