accumulated earnings credit

Tax. A deduction allowed in arriving at a corporation’s accumulated taxable income.

• It offsets the base on which the tax is assessed by reducing the taxable base by the greater of $250,000 or the accumulated earnings retained for the reasonable needs of the corporation, reduced by the net capital gain. IRC (26 USCA) § 535. See accumulated-earnings tax under TAX.

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