- cost depletion
- A deduction for federal income tax allowed an owner of mineral or timber property. IRC § 612.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
cost depletion
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depletion — An emptying, exhausting or wasting of assets. A reduction during taxable year of oil, gas or other mineral deposits or reserves (i.e., wasting assets) as a result of production. The process by which the cost or other basis of a natural resource… … Black's law dictionary
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