Income Tax Fundamentals 2020
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Chapter 5, Problem 33MCQ
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A taxpayer is allowed to deduct some casualty and theft losses. The deduction may be given as an itemized deduction or from the gross income. The causality includes damage from a storm, floods, fire etc.
To choose: The item deductible miscellaneous itemized deduction.
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