Taxable year of trusts

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Title 26—INTERNAL REVENUE CODE > Subtitle A—Income Taxes > CHAPTER 1—NORMAL TAXES AND SURTAXES > Subchapter J—Estates, Trusts, Beneficiaries, and Decedents > PART I—ESTATES, TRUSTS, AND BENEFICIARIES > Subpart A—General Rules for Taxation of Estates and Trusts

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For purposes of this subtitle, the taxable year of any trust shall be the calendar year.

(Added Pub. L. 99–514, title XIV, § 1403(a) , Oct. 22, 1986 , 100 Stat. 2713 , § 645; renumbered § 644, Pub. L. 105–34, title V, § 507(b)(1) , Aug. 5, 1997 , 111 Stat. 856 .)

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Taxable year of trusts · 26 U.S.C. § 644 | Frix