South-Western Federal Taxation 2019: Individual Income Taxes (Intuit ProConnect Tax Online 2017 & RIA Checkpoint 1 term (6 months) Printed Access Card)
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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ISBN: 9781337702546
Author: James C. Young, William H. Hoffman, William A. Raabe, David M. Maloney, Annette Nellen
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 7, Problem 1DQ
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Explain the manner in which accounts receivable can give rise to bad debt deduction.

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Bad debt deductions: A bad debt deduction is permitted only if the income associated to the accounts receivable is previously included in the income. None of the bad debt is deducted if a bad debt associated to the sale of a product or service when a taxpayer is on the cash basis as no income is recorded until the cash is received.

An accounts receivable can result to a bad debt deduction if the income that arises from the creation of the accounts receivable is included in the gross income previously.

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