Fingelands Forest Choppers is a corporation engaged in the production of timber and lumber. Two years ago,
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Fingeland’s would like to know whether it can deduct as a casualty loss the costs it incurred to replant the clear-cut area in the current year.
Read and analyze the following authorities, and determine whether Fingeland’s can deduct the costs as a casualty loss, and if so, in what year the loss is deductible.
Sec. 165.
Sec. 611.
Reg. Sec. 1.611-3.
Rev. Rul. 81-2.
Rev. Rul. 87-59.
Rev. Rul. 90-61.
Write a memorandum to your supervisor explaining your conclusions on Fingeland’s deduction of the costs of replanting the clear-cut area in the current year.
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Concepts In Federal Taxation
ISBN: 9780324379556
19th Edition
Authors: Kevin E. Murphy, Mark Higgins, Tonya K. Flesher
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