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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 166 -MAR. 7, 1942 Proviso. Amendment. Settlement of desig- nated accounts. Transportation of dependents and effects. Proviso. Federal income tax. Deferment of return or payment. be final and conclusive: Provided, That the Act of June 4, 1920 (41 Stat. 824), as amended (U. S . C ., title 34, sec. 943), is hereby amended by deleting the word "actually" in the first proviso. SEC. 11. The head of the department concerned, or such person as he may designate, is authorized to settle the accounts of persons for whose account payments have been made pursuant to the provi- sions of sections 2 to 7, both inclusive, of this Act, and the accounts of survivors of casualties to ships, stations and military installations which result in loss or destruction of disbursing records, and such settlements shall be conclusive upon the accounting officers of the Government in effecting settlements of the accounts of disbursing officers. SEC. 12. The dependents and household and personal effects of any person on active duty (without regard to pay grade) who is officially reported as injured, dead, missing as the result of military or naval operations, interned in a neutral country, or captured by the enemy, may be moved (including packing and unpacking of household effects) to the official residence of record for any such person, or, upon application by such dependents, to such other locations as may be determined by the head of the department concerned or by such per- son as he may designate, by the use of either commercial or Govern- ment transportation: Provided, That the cost of such transportation, including packing and unpacking, shall be charged against appro- priations currently available. SEC. 13. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the case of any taxable year beginning after December 31, 1940, no Federal income-tax return of, or payment of any Federal income tax by- (a) any individual in the military or naval forces of the United States, or (b) any civilian officer or employee of any department who, at the time any such return or payment would otherwise become due, is a prisoner of war or is otherwise detained by any foreign government with which the United States is at war, or (c) any individual in the military or naval forces of the United States serving on sea duty or outside the continental United States at the time any such return or payment would otherwise become due, shall become due until one of the following dates, whichever is the earliest: (1) the fifteenth day of the third month following the month in which he ceases (except by reason of death or incompetency) to be a prisoner of war, or to be detained by any foreign government with which the United States is at war, or to be a member of the military or naval forces of the United States serving on sea duty or outside the con- tinental United States, as the case may be, unless prior to the expiration of such fifteenth day he again is a prisoner of war, or is detained by any foreign government with which the United States is at war, or is a member of the military or naval forces of the United States serving on sea duty or outside the continental United States; (2) the fifteenth day of the third month following the month in which the present war with Germany, Italy, and Japan is terminated, as proclaimed by the President; or (3) the fifteenth day of the third month following the month in which an executor, administrator, or conservator of the estate of the taxpayer is appointed. Such due date is prescribed subject to the power of the Commis- sioner of Internal Revenue to extend the time for filing such return [56 STAT.

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