South-Western Federal Taxation 2019: Individual Income Taxes (Intuit ProConnect Tax Online 2017 & RIA Checkpoint 1 term (6 months) Printed Access Card)
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Author: James C. Young, William H. Hoffman, William A. Raabe, David M. Maloney, Annette Nellen
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 5, Problem 19DQ
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Enumerate the tax issues raised by the offer from the creditor of R in the given situation.
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