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title: O.C.G.A. § 48-7-50. Persons required to file returns; filing of copies of all or part of taxpayers’ federal tax returns.
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# O.C.G.A. § 48-7-50. Persons required to file returns; filing of copies of all or part of taxpayers’ federal tax returns.

(a) An income tax return with respect to the tax imposed by this chapter shall be filed with the commissioner by every:

(1) Resident who is required to file a federal income tax return for the taxable year;

(2) Nonresident who has federal gross income from sources within this state;

(3) Resident estate or trust that is required to file a federal income tax return;

(4) Nonresident estate or trust that has federal gross income from sources within this state; and

(5) Resident or nonresident who has taxable income subject to Georgia income tax for the taxable year who does not have taxable income subject to federal income tax for the same taxable year.

(b) The commissioner may require each taxpayer by regulation to file with the return required by this chapter a copy of all or any part of the taxpayer’s federal income tax return for the corresponding period.

## History

Code 1933, § 92-3201, enacted by Ga. L. 1971, p. 605, § 7; Code 1933, § 91A-3701, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 309, § 2; Ga. L. 1979, p. 5, § 71; Ga. L. 1987, p. 191, § 3.

## Editor's Notes

Ga. L. 1987, p. 191, § 10, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that this Act is applicable to taxable years ending on or after March 11, 1987, and that a taxpayer with a taxable year ending on or after January 1, 1987, and before March 11, 1987, may elect to have the provisions of that Act apply.

Ga. L. 1987, p. 191, § 10, not codified by the General Assembly, also provided that tax, penalty, and interest liabilities and refund eligibility for prior taxable years shall not be affected by that Act.

Ga. L. 1987, p. 191, § 10, not codified by the General Assembly, also provided that provisions of the federal Tax Reform Act of 1986 and of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 which as of January 1, 1987, were not yet effective become effective for purposes of Georgia taxation on the same dates as they become effective for federal purposes.