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Section 183(b)(2) provides that a taxpayer may deduct an amount "equal to the amount of the deductions which would be allowable [ . . . ] only if such activity were engaged in for profit, but only to the extent that the gross income derived from such activity for the taxable year exceeds the deductions allowable [ . . .
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Section 1.183-1(b)(1)(iii), permits the deduction of "amounts otherwise allowable as deductions for the taxable year which result in an adjustment to the basis of property" used in the hobby activity. [2] Such deductions include "depreciation, partial losses with respect to property, partially worthless debts, amortization, and amortizable bond ...
Essentially, in order to qualify for a deduction of losses from wagering, the taxpayer can only deduct up to the amount of gains accrued from wagering. In Commissioner v. Groetzinger, the Supreme Court Justice Blackmun alludes to Section 165(d) which was a legislative attempt to close the door on suspected abuse of gambling loss deductions. [2]
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The 1986 Act also changed the "at risk" loss rules of 26 U.S.C. § 465. Coupled with the hobby loss rules (26 U.S.C. § 183), the changes greatly reduced tax avoidance by taxpayers engaged in activities only to generate deductible losses.
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