2020 US Code
Title 48 - Territories and Insular Possessions
Chapter 4 - Puerto Rico
Subchapter III - The Legislature
Sec. 845 - Income tax laws; modification or repeal by legislature

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Citation 48 U.S.C. § 845 (2020)
Section Name §845. Income tax laws; modification or repeal by legislature
Section Text

The Puerto Rican Legislature shall have power by due enactment to amend, alter, modify, or repeal the income tax laws in force in Puerto Rico.

Source Credit

(Feb. 26, 1926, ch. 27, §§261, 1200, 44 Stat. 52, 125; May 17, 1932, ch. 190, 47 Stat. 158.)

Editorial Notes CODIFICATION

Similar provisions of act Feb. 26, 1926, which related to the Philippine Islands, were formerly classified to section 1055 of this title.

Section was not enacted as part of the Puerto Rican Federal Relations Act which comprises this chapter.

PRIOR PROVISIONS

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in act June 2, 1924, ch. 234, §261, 43 Stat. 294, prior to repeal by section 1200 of act Feb. 26, 1926, to take effect Jan. 1, 1925.

CHANGE OF NAME

"Puerto Rico" substituted in text for "Porto Rico" pursuant to act May 17, 1932, which is classified to section 731a of this title.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 48 - TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 48 - TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS
CHAPTER 4 - PUERTO RICO
SUBCHAPTER III - THE LEGISLATURE
Sec. 845 - Income tax laws; modification or repeal by legislature
Contains section 845
Date 2020
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 13, 2021
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 43 Stat. 294
44 Stat. 52
47 Stat. 158
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