Any person (as defined in section 6671(b)) who—
(1) willfully fails to pay any tax imposed by this title which is payable by stamp, coupons, tickets, books, or other devices or methods prescribed by this title or by regulations under the authority of this title, or
(2) willfully attempts in any manner to evade or defeat any such tax or the payment thereof,
(Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 822; Pub. L. 85–866, title I, § 86, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1665; Pub. L. 91–172, title I, § 101(j)(50), title IX, § 943(c)(6), Dec. 30, 1969, 83 Stat. 531, 729; Pub. L. 91–679, § 2, Jan. 12, 1971, 84 Stat. 2063; Pub. L. 93–406, title II, § 1016(a)(18), Sept. 2, 1974, 88 Stat. 931; Pub. L. 96–223, title I, § 101(f)(8), Apr. 2, 1980, 94 Stat. 253; Pub. L. 97–34, title V, § 501(b), title VII, § 722(b)(1), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 326, 342; Pub. L. 97–248, title III, § 325(a), Sept. 3, 1982, 96 Stat. 616; Pub. L. 97–448, title I, §§ 105(a)(1)(D), 107(a)(3), Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2384, 2391; Pub. L. 98–67, title I, § 106, Aug. 5, 1983, 97 Stat. 382; Pub. L. 98–369, div. A, title I, § 179(b)(3), July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 718; Pub. L. 99–44, § 1(b), May 24, 1985, 99 Stat. 77; Pub. L. 99–514, title XV, § 1503(a), (b), (c)(2), (3), (d)(1), Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2742, 2743; Pub. L. 100–647, title I, § 1015(b)(2)(A), (B), (3), Nov. 10, 1988, 102 Stat. 3569; Pub. L. 101–239, title VII, § 7721(c)(1), Dec. 19, 1989, 103 Stat. 2399.)