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Real Estate/Development

Jan. 28, 2003

Tax Treatment of Remediation Costs Depends on Many Factors

BY BOYD D. HUDSON AND ROBERT A. YAHIRO The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, along with various state and local environmental legislation, mandates that companies and industries that cause pollution or contamination take steps to clean up or remediate the property that has been polluted. For income tax reporting purposes, the proper treatment of these costs has been far from certain.

        BY BOYD D. HUDSON AND ROBERT A. YAHIRO
        
        The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, along with various state and local environmental legislation, mandates that companies and industries that cause pollution or contamination take steps to clean up or remediate the property that has been pollu...

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