Joe owes Willy $5,000 from an old gambling debt. Joe knows that there is no way he

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Joe owes Willy $5,000 from an old gambling debt. Joe knows that there is no way he can repay the debt in the near future. He asks Joe if he will take a $25,000 life insurance policy that has a cash surrender value of $4,200 and release him from the debt. Willy agrees to take the insurance policy and cancels Joe's debt. Willy makes only one premium payment on the insurance policy of $50 when Joe is killed in an auto accident. Willy collects the $25,000. Explain all the tax consequences of these events for both Joe and Willy.
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Taxation For Decision Makers 2014

ISBN: 9781118654545

6th Edition

Authors: Shirley Dennis Escoffier, Karen Fortin

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