2012 US Code
Title 26 - Internal Revenue Code
Subtitle B - Estate and Gift Taxes (§§ 2001 - 2801)
Chapter 11 - ESTATE TAX (§§ 2001 - 2210)
Subchapter C - Miscellaneous (§§ 2201 - 2210)
Section 2208 - Certain residents of possessions considered citizens of the United States
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 26 - INTERNAL REVENUE CODE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 26 - INTERNAL REVENUE CODE Subtitle B - Estate and Gift Taxes CHAPTER 11 - ESTATE TAX Subchapter C - Miscellaneous Sec. 2208 - Certain residents of possessions considered citizens of the United States |
| Contains | section 2208 |
| Date | 2012 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Added Pub. L. 85-866, title I, §102(a), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1674. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 72 Stat. 1674 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 85-866 |
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A decedent who was a citizen of the United States and a resident of a possession thereof at the time of his death shall, for purposes of the tax imposed by this chapter, be considered a “citizen” of the United States within the meaning of that term wherever used in this title unless he acquired his United States citizenship solely by reason of (1) his being a citizen of such possession of the United States, or (2) his birth or residence within such possession of the United States.
(Added Pub. L. 85–866, title I, §102(a), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1674.)
Effective DateSection applicable to estates of decedents dying after Sept. 2, 1958, see section 102(d) of Pub. L. 85–866, set out as an Effective Date of 1958 Amendment note under section 2011 of this title.
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