depletion allowance
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Like the depletion allowance, the quota system is also justified as a means of encouraging exploration for more domestic reserves.
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The companies, however, generate such huge tax write-offs from other sources�mainly the foreign-tax credit �that they rarely need to use the foreign depletion allowance.
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Nothing is more sacred to many Congressmen than the depletion allowance.
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The bill calls for a repeal of the 7% business investment tax credit, a reduction from 27�% to 22% of the oil depletion allowance, and increased taxes on high-bracket capital gains.
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Oil companies grappled with new uncertainties about their future as the House Ways and Means Committee approved a tax bill that fairly soon is likely to wipe out the celebrated depletion allowance.
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