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<section article="gtg" article_name="Tax - General" number="10-805" title_number="10" title_name="Income Tax" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Returns and Declarations">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section and except for a fiduciary, each resident shall file an income tax return if, after exclusion of Social Security and railroad retirement benefits that are included in federal gross income, the resident:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>would be required to file a federal income tax return under § 6012(a) of the Internal Revenue Code; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>would have federal gross income that exceeds the amount specified in § 6012(a) of the Internal Revenue Code after the federal gross income is increased by the modifications in §§ 10-204 and 10-205 of this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A resident dependent shall file an income tax return if the dependent:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>would have federal gross income that exceeds the amount specified in § 6012(a)(1)(A)(i) of the Internal Revenue Code after the federal gross income is modified under Subtitle 2, Part II of this title; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>otherwise would be described in § 6012(a)(1)(A)(i) of the Internal Revenue Code.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If an individual whose status changes, during a taxable year, from resident to nonresident or nonresident to resident is required to file an income tax return under subsection (a) or subsection (b) of this section or § 10-806 of this subtitle, the individual shall report on the return the Maryland taxable income:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>received during the part of the taxable year that the individual was a resident; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>derived as a nonresident.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
