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§ 6091. Place for filing returns or other documents
(a) General rule
(b) Tax returns
In the case of returns of tax required under authority of part II of this subchapter—
(1) Persons other than corporations
(A) General rule
Except as provided in subparagraph (B), a return (other than a corporation return) shall be made to the Secretary—
(i) in the internal revenue district in which is located the legal residence or principal place of business of the person making the return, or
(ii) at a service center serving the internal revenue district referred to in clause (i),
as the Secretary may by regulations designate.
(B) Exception
Returns of—
(i) persons who have no legal residence or principal place of business in any internal revenue district,
(ii) citizens of the United States whose principal place of abode for the period with respect to which the return is filed is outside the United States,
(iii) persons who claim the benefits of section 911 (relating to citizens or residents of the United States living abroad), section 931 (relating to income from sources within Guam, American Samoa, or the Northern Mariana Islands), or section 933 (relating to income from sources within Puerto Rico),
(iv) nonresident alien persons, and
(v) persons with respect to whom an assessment was made under section 6851(a) or 6852(a) (relating to termination assessments) with respect to the taxable year,
shall be made at such place as the Secretary may by regulations designate.
(2) Corporations
(A) General rule
Except as provided in subparagraph (B), a return of a corporation shall be made to the Secretary—
(i) in the internal revenue district in which is located the principal place of business or principal office or agency of the corporation, or
(ii) at a service center serving the internal revenue district referred to in clause (i), as the Secretary may by regulations designate.
(B) Exception
Returns of—
(i) corporations which have no principal place of business or principal office or agency in any internal revenue district,
(ii) foreign corporations, and
(iii) corporations with respect to which an assessment was made under section 6851(a) (relating to termination assessments) with respect to the taxable year,
shall be made at such place as the Secretary may by regulations designate.
(3) Estate tax returns
(A) General rule
Except as provided in subparagraph (B), returns of estate tax required under section 6018 shall be made to the Secretary—
(i) in the internal revenue district in which was the domicile of the decedent at the time of his death, or
(ii) at a service center serving the internal revenue district referred to in clause (i), as the Secretary may by regulations designate.
(B) Exception
(4) Hand-carried returns
(5) Exceptional cases
(6) Alcohol, tobacco, and firearms returns, etc.
(Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 752; Pub. L. 89–713, § 1(a), Nov. 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1107; Pub. L. 91–614, title I, § 101(i), Dec. 31, 1970, 84 Stat. 1838; Pub. L. 94–455, title X, §§ 1051(h)(4), 1052(c)(6), 1053(d)(4), title XII, § 1204(c)(3), title XIX, § 1906(b)(13)(A), Oct. 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 1647, 1648, 1649, 1697, 1834; Pub. L. 95–615, §§ 202(g)(5), formerly § 202(f)(5), 207(b), Nov. 8, 1978, 92 Stat. 3100, 3108, renumbered § 202(g)(5), Pub. L. 96–222, title I, § 108(a)(1)(A), Apr. 1, 1980, 94 Stat. 223; Pub. L. 97–34, title I, §§ 111(b)(3), 112(b)(6), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 194, 195; Pub. L. 99–514, title XII, § 1272(d)(10), title XVIII, § 1879(r)(1), Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2594, 2912; Pub. L. 100–203, title X, § 10713(b)(2)(A), Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1330–470; Pub. L. 101–239, title VII, § 7841(f), Dec. 19, 1989, 103 Stat. 2429; Pub. L. 115–141, div. U, title IV, § 401(a)(266), (d)(1)(D)(xviii), Mar. 23, 2018, 132 Stat. 1197, 1208.)