26 U.S.C. § 876

Current through P.L. 118-47 (published on www.congress.gov on 03/23/2024)
Section 876 - Alien residents of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, or the Northern Mariana Islands
(a) General rule

This subpart shall not apply to any alien individual who is a bona fide resident of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, or the Northern Mariana Islands during the entire taxable year and such alien shall be subject to the tax imposed by section 1.

(b) Cross references

For exclusion from gross income of income derived from sources within-

(1) Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands, see section 931, and
(2) Puerto Rico, see section 933.

26 U.S.C. § 876

Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 281; Pub. L. 99-514, title XII, §1272(b), Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2593.

EDITORIAL NOTES

AMENDMENTS1986- Pub. L. 99-514, §1272(b), inserted ", Guam, American Samoa, or the Northern Mariana Islands" in section catchline.Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99-514, §1272(b), amended subsec. (a) generally, substituting "General rule" for "No application to certain alien residents of Puerto Rico" in heading and inserting references to residents of Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands in text.Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99-514, §1272(b), amended subsec. (b) generally, inserting references to Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands.

STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1986 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 99-514 applicable to taxable years beginning after Dec. 31, 1986, with certain exceptions and qualifications, see section 1277 of Pub. L. 99-514 set out as a note under section 931 of this title..

taxable year
The term "taxable year" means the calendar year, or the fiscal year ending during such calendar year, upon the basis of which the taxable income is computed under subtitle A. "Taxable year" means, in the case of a return made for a fractional part of a year under the provisions of subtitle A or under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, the period for which such return is made.