
Intermediate Accounting: Reporting and Analysis
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ISBN: 9781285453828
Author: James M. Wahlen, Jefferson P. Jones, Donald Pagach
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 18, Problem 3C
Operating Losses
The Internal Revenue Code allows a corporation to carry back or carry forward an “operating loss” for a given year.
Required:
- 1. Describe an operating loss carryback and a carryforward.
- 2. For a carryback, identify and briefly explain the two important conceptual questions.
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