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PUBLIC LAW 85-688-AUG. 20, 1958

Public Law 85-688 AN ACT To amend section 31 of the Organic Act of Guam, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 31 of the Organic Act of Guam (64 Stat. 384, 392; 48 U.S.C. 1952 edition, sec. 1421i), is amended to read as follows: " (a) The income-tax laws in force in the United States of America and those which may hereafter be enacted shall be held to be likewise in force in Guam. "(b) The income-tax laws in force in Guam pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be deemed to impose a separate Territorial income tax, payable to the government of Guam, which tax is designated the 'Guam Territorial income tax'. "(c) The administration and enforcement of the Guam Territorial income tax shall be performed by or under the supervision of the Governor. Any function needful to the administration and enforcement of the income-tax laws in force in Guam pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be performed by any officer or employee of the government of Guam duly authorized by the Governor (either directly, or indirectly by one or more redelegations of authority) to perform such function. " (d)(1) The income-tax laws in force in Guam pursuant to subsection (a) of this section include but are not limited to the following provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, where not manifestly inapplicable or incompatible with the intent of this section: Subtitle A (not including chapter 2 and section 931); chapters 24 and 25 of subtitle C, with reference to the collection of income tax at source on wages; and all provisions of subtitle F which apply to the income tax, including provisions as to crimes, other offenses, and forfeitures contained in chapter 75. For the period after 1950 and prior to the effective date of the repeal of any provision of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939 which corresponds to one or more of those provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 which are included in the incometax laws in force in Guam pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, such income-tax laws include but are not limited to such provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939. "(2) The Governor or his delegate shall have the same administrative and enforcement powers and remedies with regard to the Guam Territorial income tax as the Secretary of the Treasury, and other United States officials of the executive branch, have with respect to the United States income tax. Needful rules and regulations for enforcement of the Guam Territorial income tax shall be prescribed by the Governor. The Governor or his delegate shall have authority to issue, from time to time, in whole or in part, the text of the income-tax laws in force in Guam pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. "(e) In applying as the Guam Territorial income tax the incometax laws in force in Guam pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, except where it is manifestly otherwise required, the applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Codes of 1954 and 1939, shall be read so as to substitute 'Guam' for 'United States', 'Governor or his delegate' for 'Secretary or his delegate', 'Governor or his delegate' for 'Commissioner of Internal Revenue' and 'Collector of Internal Revenue', 'District Court of Guam' for 'district court' and with other changes in nomenclature and other language, including the omission of inapplicable language, where necessary to effect the intent of this section.

August 20, 1958 [ H. R. 12569]

Guam. Federal income tax a p p l i c a b i l i t y.

T e r r i to r i a l income tax.

Enforcement of tax.

68A Stat. 68A Stat. 4 5 5. 471, 731, 851.

53 Stat. 1-504. 68A Stat.

Rules forenforcement.

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