tax benefit rule

tax benefit rule
The rule that the recovery by a taxpayer of any item previously deducted on his income tax return is taxable in the year of recovery to the extent that the original deduction or credit reduced his income tax liability in a prior year or years. Internal Revenue Code § 111.

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