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Taxpayers in the United States may have tax consequences when debt is cancelled. This is commonly known as cancellation-of-debt (COD) income.According to the Internal Revenue Code, the discharge of indebtedness must be included in a taxpayer's gross income. [1]
In finance, bad debt, occasionally called uncollectible accounts expense, is a monetary amount owed to a creditor that is unlikely to be paid and for which the creditor is not willing to take action to collect for various reasons, often due to the debtor not having the money to pay, for example due to a company going into liquidation or insolvency.
Under U.S. Federal income tax law, a net operating loss (NOL) occurs when certain tax-deductible expenses exceed taxable revenues for a taxable year. [1] If a taxpayer is taxed during profitable periods without receiving any tax relief (e.g., a refund) during periods of NOLs, an unbalanced tax burden results. [2]
Creditors are given promises to be paid back with firms' future earnings. The nature of these promises can be shaped in a number of ways. In situations where every single impaired creditor of a firm agrees to a settled schedule of repayment, the plan formed is known as a "consensual plan."
A person with income from selling a Schedule I substance is allowed to take a tax deduction for the cost of goods sold but not any other tax deductions. [19] [21] Unlike for other business activities, tax deductions are not allowed for ordinary and necessary business expenses such as rent, utilities, and advertising. [22]
While not a legal type of bankruptcy, the strategy combines a Chapter 7 filing to discharge unsecured debts and then a Chapter 13 filing to set up a repayment plan for any remaining debts.
Medical bills from various sources—credit cards, lenders, family, friends, or collection agencies—can quickly become overwhelming. But there's a potential solution: medical debt consolidation.
For an LLC in Delaware, the state franchise tax is $300 and is due before June 1 of each year. Failure to file the final franchise tax can result in a $200 fine plus a 1.5% monthly interest penalty.