Last year, only 4 of 32 professional sports teams in a new league turned a nominal accounting profit. Betty purchased such a team this year. Betty operates the franchise in a business-like manner, but has no expertise in the area of sports franchises (Betty’s primary source of income is from her cardboard packaging business). She attends all the games (as she loves the sport) and spends some time managing the business, but has hired a general manager to run the day-to-day operations. As a “turnaround expert,” Betty is comfortable that that she can make this franchise profitable; however, she may have overstepped her ability since the league is struggling overall. Her loss for the year was determined to be $950,000. Can she deduct this loss?

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