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constructive receipt

noun

C2CEFR level
92/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

The doctrine treating income as received once it is unqualifiedly available to the taxpayer, whether or not actually drawn.

Under constructive receipt, the December bonus is taxable even though he left the cheque undeposited until January.

Topic: Tax law in Legal English

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