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Equitable Recoupment: Revisiting An Old And Inconsistent Remedy, Camilla E. Watson Nov 1996

Equitable Recoupment: Revisiting An Old And Inconsistent Remedy, Camilla E. Watson

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This Article examines the development of recoupment by first comparing and contrasting other equitable remedies. Because discussions of related equitable remedies have filled tomes in themselves, this Article concentrates only on the more salient aspects of these remedies as they pertain to the development of recoupment in the federal tax context. Next, the established elements of recoupment will be discussed in depth, with particular emphasis on the views of Professor Andrews. The Article questions whether Professor Andrews's views represent the most effective analysis of the recoupment criteria in light of the judicial inconsistencies.

In discussing the ineffectiveness of recoupment as …