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Constructive receipt doctrine

A taxpayer on the cash basis is taxed on income only as it is received. However, if the income was unreservedly subject to the taxpayer's demand and the taxpayer could have received it but chose not to do so, it is regarded as having been constructively received and is taxable. Interest on a bank deposit is a good example.