depletion allowance
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Oilmen would finally lose their long-cherished depletion allowance.
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In an unusual move for a Texan, he has proposed the elimination of the oil depletion allowance for the major oil producers.
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The prime tar get of the critics is the oil depletion allowance.
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While industry lobbyists still protested the impending death of the depletion allowance, some individual oil executives were pleased to fend off a much harder blow.
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One reason is the depletion allowance, which basically permits oil companies to deduct from their tax bills 22% of the value of the oil that their wells produce.
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