Title 37Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed ServicesRelease 119-73

§558 Income tax deferment

Title 37 › Chapter CHAPTER 10— - PAYMENTS TO MISSING PERSONS › § 558

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

A missing uniformed service member's Federal tax return or payment isn't due until the 15th day of the third month after either they stop being missing (except by reason of death or incompetency and unless they go missing again) or an estate representative is appointed, whichever is earlier.

Full Legal Text

Title 37, §558

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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a Federal income tax return of, or the payment of a Federal income tax by, a member of a uniformed service who, at the time the return or payment would otherwise become due, is in a missing status, does not become due until the earlier of the following dates—
(1)the fifteenth day of the third month in which he ceased (except by reason of death or incompetency) being in a missing status, unless before the end of that fifteenth day he is again in a missing status; or
(2)the fifteenth day of the third month after the month in which an executor, administrator, or conservator of the estate of the taxpayer is appointed.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 55850 App. 1013.Mar. 7, 1942, ch. 166, § 13, 56 Stat. 146; Aug. 8, 1947, ch. 515, § 6, 61 Stat. 918; Aug. 14, 1964, Pub. L. 88–428, § 1(9), 78 Stat. 437. Only that portion of the source law which is applicable to members of the uniformed services and their dependents is codified in this section. The words “in the case of any taxable year beginning after December 31, 1940” are omitted as unnecessary. The words “as defined in section 101(3) and (23) of title 37, United States Code” are omitted as unnecessary since the revised section is codified in title 37. The words “in a missing status” are substituted for “absent from his duty station under the conditions specified in section 2 of the Act” to conform to the definition in revised section 551(3) of this chapter and in view of the provisions of revised section 552 establishing the entitlement of a member in a missing status to receive pay and allowances or have them credited to his account. Reference to “title 26” is substituted for “Internal Revenue Code of 1954”.

Editorial Notes

References in Text

section 6851, 6861, and 6871 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, referred to in text, are classified to section 6851, 6861, and 6871, respectively, of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code.

Amendments

1987—Pub. L. 100–26 substituted “Internal Revenue Code of 1986” for “Internal Revenue Code of 1954” in last sentence. 1980—Pub. L. 96–513 substituted “the Internal Revenue Code of 1954” for “title 26”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1980 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 96–513 effective Dec. 12, 1980, see section 701(b)(3) of Pub. L. 96–513, set out as a note under section 101 of Title 10, Armed Forces.

Reference

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Citation

37 U.S.C. § 558

Title 37Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73