26 U.S.C. § 879
Tax treatment of certain community income in the case of nonresident alien individuals
United States · Title 26 — INTERNAL REVENUE CODE · Status: effective
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- 26 U.S.C. § 879, Tax treatment of certain community income in the case of nonresident alien individuals, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/462779
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In the case of a married couple 1 or both of whom are nonresident alien individuals and who have community income for the taxable year, such community income shall be treated as follows:
Subsection (a) shall not apply for any taxable year for which an election under subsection (g) or (h) of section 6013 (relating to election to treat nonresident alien individual as resident of the United States) is in effect.
For purposes of this section—
The term “community income” means income which, under applicable community property laws, is treated as community income.
The term “community property laws” means the community property laws of a State, a foreign country, or a possession of the United States.
The determination of marital status shall be made under section 7703(a).
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.
- Tax Reform Act of 1976House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Deficit Reduction Act of 1984House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Tax Reform Act of 1986House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally