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    Subtitle A Income Taxes
    Chapter 1 Normal Taxes and Surtaxes
    Subchapter I Natural Resources
    Part I Deductions
    1. § 611 Allowance of deduction for depletion
    § 612 Basis for cost depletion
      1. § 613 Percentage depletion
      2. § 613A Limitations on percentage depletion in case of oil and gas wells
      3. § 614 Definition of property
      4. § 616 Development expenditures
      5. § 617 Deduction and recapture of certain mining exploration expenditures

      § 612 Basis for cost depletion

      OLRC 119-134 · eCFR 2026-10-19 · 5 regs

      Enacted 1954 · Act Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736 Amended · 0 Acts · From 1939 Code § 114(b)(1)

      1954
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        § 612 Basis for cost depletion
        • § 1011 Adjusted basis for determining gain or loss
        § 1.612-1 Basis for allowance of cost depletion.§ 1.612-2 Allowable capital additions in case of mines.§ 1.612-3 Depletion; treatment of bonus and advanced royalty.§ 1.612-4 Charges to capital and to expense in case of oil and gas wells.§ 1.612-5 Charges to capital and to expense in case of geothermal wells.Prop. § 1.612-3 Proposed 2000 · Depletion; treatment of bonus and advanced royalty.

        Cases: The Beal Foundation v. United States, 559 F.2d 359 (5th Cir. 1977)

        Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, the basis on which depletion is to be allowed in respect of any property shall be the adjusted basis provided in section 1011 for the purpose of determining the gain upon the sale or other disposition of such property.