2019 US Code
Title 26 - Internal Revenue Code
Subtitle B - Estate and Gift Taxes
Chapter 11 - Estate Tax
Subchapter C - Miscellaneous
Sec. 2209 - Certain residents of possessions considered nonresidents not citizens of the United States

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Citation 26 U.S.C. § 2209 (2019)
Section Name §2209. Certain residents of possessions considered nonresidents not citizens of the United States
Section Text

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 "nonresident not a citizen of the United States" within the meaning of that term wherever used in this title, but only if such person 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.

Source Credit

(Added Pub. L. 86–779, §4(b)(1), Sept. 14, 1960, 74 Stat. 999.)

Editorial Notes EFFECTIVE DATE

Section applicable with respect to estates of decedents dying after Sept. 14, 1960, see section 4(e)(2) of Pub. L. 86–779, set out as an Effective Date of 1960 Amendment note under section 2106 of this title.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 1, 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. 2209 - Certain residents of possessions considered nonresidents not citizens of the United States
Contains section 2209
Date 2019
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 24, 2020
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 74 Stat. 999
Public Law References Public Law 86-779
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