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In what year are income and deductions reported?

April 26, 2017deductions income reported year

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In what year are income and deductions reported?

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Individuals are pretty much limited to reporting income in the year it is actually received. This is also true of deductions. This is technically called the “cash method of accounting.” The rule is fairly simple: a transaction is deemed to occur in the year the payment(s) are made.