11 U.S.C. § 1308
Filing of prepetition tax returns
United States · Title 11 — BANKRUPTCY · Status: effective
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- 11 U.S.C. § 1308, Filing of prepetition tax returns, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/436998
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Subject to paragraph (2), if the tax returns required by subsection (a) have not been filed by the date on which the meeting of creditors is first scheduled to be held under section 341(a), the trustee may hold open that meeting for a reasonable period of time to allow the debtor an additional period of time to file any unfiled returns, but such additional period of time shall not extend beyond—
for any return that is not past due as of the date of the filing of the petition, the later of—
After notice and a hearing, and order entered before the tolling of any applicable filing period determined under paragraph (1), if the debtor demonstrates by a preponderance of the evidence that the failure to file a return as required under paragraph (1) is attributable to circumstances beyond the control of the debtor, the court may extend the filing period established by the trustee under paragraph (1) for—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005
- Bankruptcy Technical Corrections Act of 2010House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally