Bonus exhaustion rule after Commissioner v. Engle
The US Supreme Court held in Commissioner v. Engle that the percentage depletion allowances for oil and gas does not require current production. This makes it available against advance royalty and/or bonus income received in consideration for assigning or leasing oil and gas interests even if there was no production. The authors discuss the circumstances of that position and the implication in the decision for the computation of the depletion deduction. The example demonstrates that an allocated portion of the taxes paid as a bonus with respect to mineral property must be included in determining the gross income in order to compute the limitation on the percentage depletion allowance of 50% of taxable income computed without the allowance for depletion.
- Research Organization:
- Touche Ross and Co., Tulsa, OK
- OSTI ID:
- 5997983
- Journal Information:
- Oil Gas Tax Q.; (United States), Journal Name: Oil Gas Tax Q.; (United States) Vol. 34:3; ISSN OGTQD
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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