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<section article="gtg" article_name="Tax - General" number="10-808" title_number="10" title_name="Income Tax" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Returns and Declarations">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except as otherwise provided in this section, if an individual required to file an income tax return is unable to do so, an authorized agent of the individual shall file the return.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If an individual required to file an income tax return is a minor, the individual’s parent or guardian shall file the return.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If an individual required to file an income tax return is a disabled person as defined in § 13-101 of the Estates and Trusts Article, the individual’s guardian shall file the return.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If an individual required to file an income tax return dies, the final income tax return of the individual shall be filed:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>by the personal representative of the individual’s estate;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>if there is no personal representative, by the individual’s surviving spouse;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>jointly by the individual’s surviving spouse and the personal representative of the individual’s estate; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>jointly by the personal representative of the individual’s estate and the personal representative of the deceased spouse’s estate.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
