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Equitable recoupment is a judicially created defense most commonly applied in legal cases in the federal and state tax systems of the U.S.. [1] [2] This doctrine can allow, under specific circumstances, the government to defeat a refund claim or a taxpayer to avoid an assessment on the basis of an past underpayment or overpayment that is outside the statute of limitations period.
Restitution and unjust enrichment is the field of law relating to gains-based recovery. In contrast with damages (the law of compensation), restitution is a claim or remedy requiring a defendant to give up benefits wrongfully obtained. Liability for restitution is primarily governed by the "principle of unjust enrichment": A person who has been ...
Cesarini v. United States, 296 F. Supp. 3 (N.D. Ohio 1969), [1] is a historic case decided by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, where the court ruled that treasure trove property is included in gross income for the tax year when it was discovered. The case is frequently cited in American law school textbooks as an ...
Gregory v. Helvering, 293 U.S. 465 (1935), was a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court concerned with U.S. income tax law. [1] The case is cited as part of the basis for two legal doctrines: the business purpose doctrine and the doctrine of substance over form. The business purpose doctrine is essentially that if a transaction ...
Schlude v. Commissioner, 372 U.S. 128 (1963), is a decision by the United States Supreme Court in which the Court held that, under the accrual method, taxpayers must include as income in a particular year advance payments by way of cash, negotiable notes, and contract installments falling due but remaining unpaid during that year. [1]
Commissioner (constructive receipt) Davis v. Commissioner. Beatrice Davis v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue. Davis v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 1978-12 (1978), [ 1] was a case in which the United States Tax Court held that in order to have constructive receipt, a taxpayer must have notice of the attempt to transfer funds to the taxpayer.
The English law of Restitution is the law of gain-based recovery. [1] Its precise scope and underlying principles remain a matter of significant academic and judicial controversy. [2] Broadly speaking, the law of restitution concerns actions in which one person claims an entitlement in respect of a gain acquired by another, rather than ...
Constructive receipt. Cowden v. Commissioner, 289 F.2d 20 (5th Cir. 1961), [1] outlined the factors used to determine whether something received is a cash equivalent, in other words, whether something received is taxable when it was received or when it was assigned. The court observed two main doctrines in determining when something is taxable.