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 65 STAT.]

PUBLIC LAW 183—OCT. 20, 1951

513

" (A) Amount of Recovery.—The amount of the recovery in the taxable year of any money oi- property in respect of property considered under subsection (a) as destroyed or 26 u^s c^'s 1 7 (a) 2 seized in any prior taxable year shall be an amount equal to the aggregate of such money and the fair market value of such property, determined as of the date of the recovery. For the purpose of this paragraph, in the case of the recovery of the same property or interest considered under subsection (a) as destroyed or seized, the fair market value of such property or interest shall, at the option of the taxpayer, be considered an amount equal to the adjusted basis (for determining loss) of such property or interest in the hands of the taxpayer on the date such property or interest was considered under subsection (a) as destroyed or seized. The amount of the recovery determined under this subparagraph shall be reduced for the purposes of subparagraphs (B) and (C) by the amount of the obligations or liabilities with respect to the property considered under subsection (a) as destroyed or seized in respect of which the recovery was received, if the taxpayer for any previous taxable year chose under subsection (b)(2) to treat such obligations or liabilities as discharged or satisfied out of such property, and such obligations or liabilities were not so discharged or satisfied prior to the date of the recovery. " (B) Adjustment for Prior Tax Benefits.—That part of the amount of the recovery, in respect of any property considered under subsection (a) as destroyed or seized, which is not in excess of the allowable deductions in prior taxable years on account of such destruction or seizure of the property (the amount of such allowable deductions being first reduced by the aggregate amount of any prior recoveries in respect of the same property) shall be excluded from gross income for the taxable year of the recovery for the purpose of computing the tax under this chapter and chapter 2; but there shall be added to, and assessed and collected as a part of, the tax under this chapter for the taxable year of the recovery the total increase in the tax under this chapter and chapter 2 for all taxable years which would result by decreasing, in an amount equal to such part of the recovery so excluded, such deductions allowable in the prior taxable years with respect to the destruction or seizure of the property. Such increase in the tax for each such year so resulting shall be computed in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary. Such regulations shall give effect to previous recoveries of any kind (including recoveries described in section 22(b) (12)) with respect to any prior year, and shall provide for 26 u.^s.^a § 22 (b) the case where there was no tax for the prior year, but shall (12). otherwise treat the tax previously determined for any year in accordance with the principles set forth in section 3801(d). 26U*^s*c'^§"380i (d) All credits allowable against the tax for any year and all carry-overs and carry-backs affected by so decreasing the allowable deductions shall be taken into account in computing the increase in the tax, except that the computation of the excess profits credit under chapter 2 E for any taxable year shall not be affected. " (C) Gain Upon Recovery.—The amount of any recovery or part thereof, in respect of property considered under subsection (a) as destroyed or seized, which is not excluded from gross income under the provisions of subparagraph (B) shall

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