2018 US Code
Title 5 - Government Organization and Employees
Part III - Employees
Subpart D - Pay and Allowances
Chapter 55 - Pay Administration
Subchapter VII - Payments to Missing Employees
Sec. 5568 - Income tax deferment

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Citation 5 U.S.C. § 5568 (2018)
Section Name §5568. Income tax deferment
Section Text

Notwithstanding other statutes, any Federal income tax return of, or the payment of any Federal income tax by, an employee who, at the time the return or payment would otherwise become due, is in a missing status does not become due until the earlier of the following dates:

(1) the fifteenth day of the third month in which he ceased (except because of death or incompetency) being in a missing status, unless before the end of that fifteenth day he is again in a missing status; or

(2) the fifteenth day of the third month after the month in which an executor, administrator, or conservator of the estate of the taxpayer is appointed.


That due date is prescribed subject to the power of the Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate to extend the time for filing the return or paying the tax, as in other cases, and to assess and collect the tax as provided by sections 6851, 6861, and 6871 of title 26 in cases in which the assessment or collection is jeopardized and in cases of bankruptcy or receivership.

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 494.)

Editorial Notes
Historical and Revision Notes
DerivationU.S. CodeRevised Statutes and Statutes at Large
50A U.S.C. 1013. Mar. 7, 1942, ch. 166, §13, 56 Stat. 146.
Aug. 8, 1947, ch. 515, §6, 61 Stat. 918.Aug. 14, 1964, Pub. L. 88–428, §1(9), 78 Stat. 437.

Only that portion of the source law which is applicable to civilian officers and employees and their dependents is codified in this section.

The words "in the case of any taxable year beginning after December 31, 1940" are omitted as unnecessary.

The words "an employee" are substituted for "any civilian officer or employee of any department" to conform to the definition in section 5561(2). The words "in a missing status" are substituted for "absent from his duty station under the conditions specified in section 2 of this Act" to conform to the definition in section 5561(5) and in view of the provisions of section 5562 establishing the entitlement of an employee in a missing status to receive pay and allowances or to have them credited to his account. Reference to "title 26" is substituted for "Internal Revenue Code of 1954".

Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Title 5 - GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 5 - GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
PART III - EMPLOYEES
Subpart D - Pay and Allowances
CHAPTER 55 - PAY ADMINISTRATION
SUBCHAPTER VII - PAYMENTS TO MISSING EMPLOYEES
Sec. 5568 - Income tax deferment
Contains section 5568
Date 2018
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 14, 2019
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 56 Stat. 146
61 Stat. 918
78 Stat. 437
80 Stat. 494
Public Law References Public Law 88-428, Public Law 89-554
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