It's subject to the capital loss limitations. Enter your basis in the bad debt in column (e) and enter zero in column (d). Enter the name of the debtor and "bad debt statement attached" in column (a). Report a nonbusiness bad debt as a short-term capital loss on Form 8949, Sales and Other Dispositions of Capital Assets, Part 1, line 1. You don't have to wait until a debt is due to determine that it's worthless. You may take the deduction only in the year the debt becomes worthless. It's not necessary to go to court if you can show that a judgment from the court would be uncollectible. To show that a debt is worthless, you must establish that you've taken reasonable steps to collect the debt. You can't deduct a partially worthless nonbusiness bad debt.Ī debt becomes worthless when the surrounding facts and circumstances indicate there's no reasonable expectation that the debt will be repaid. Nonbusiness bad debts must be totally worthless to be deductible. Nonbusiness Bad Debts - All other bad debts are nonbusiness. For more information on methods of claiming business bad debts, refer to Publication 535, Business Expenses.
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Loans to clients, suppliers, distributors, and employeesĪ business deducts its bad debts, in full or in part, from gross income when figuring its taxable income.The following are examples of business bad debts (if previously included in income): You can deduct it on Schedule C (Form 1040), Profit or Loss From Business (Sole Proprietorship) or on your applicable business income tax return. A debt is closely related to your trade or business if your primary motive for incurring the debt is business related. There are two kinds of bad debts – business and nonbusiness.īusiness Bad Debts - Generally, a business bad debt is a loss from the worthlessness of a debt that was either created or acquired in a trade or business or closely related to your trade or business when it became partly to totally worthless. If you lend money to a relative or friend with the understanding the relative or friend may not repay it, you must consider it as a gift and not as a loan, and you may not deduct it as a bad debt. For a bad debt, you must show that at the time of the transaction you intended to make a loan and not a gift.
If you're a cash method taxpayer (most individuals are), you generally can't take a bad debt deduction for unpaid salaries, wages, rents, fees, interests, dividends, and similar items. Generally, to deduct a bad debt, you must have previously included the amount in your income or loaned out your cash. For a discussion of what constitutes a valid debt, refer to Publication 550, Investment Income and Expenses and Publication 535, Business Expenses. If someone owes you money that you can't collect, you may have a bad debt.
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