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bad debt n. an uncollectible debt. The problem is to determine when a debt is realistically dead, which means there must be some evidence of uncollectibility or a lengthy passage of time. Discharge in bankruptcy, the running of the statute of limitations to bring a lawsuit, disappearance of the debtor, a pattern of avoiding debts or the destruction of the collateral security can all make a debt "bad." For income tax deduction purposes such a debt in business is deductible against ordinary income (found in Schedule C) and such a personal debt is deductible against short-term capital gains. A debt due for services rendered is not a bad debt for tax purposes, since there is just no income on which to be taxed. bad debt noun dishonored bill, inconvertible bill, irreeeemable bill, irretrievable debt, loss, outstanding debt, protested bill, uncollectible debt, write-off Associated concepts: bad debt loss, bad debt tax deduction See also: nonpayment How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The inference is that, had the taxpayer specifically identified an allowance account (or portion thereof) as offsetting the bad debt in question--as in Brandtjen & Kluge, Inc. It is far more expensive to write off a bad debt than it is to pay for trade credit insurance, which generally costs less than 1 percent of sales, according to research from Marsh. said its fourth-quarter charges may exceed $1 billion and its loss from continuing operations will widen from the third quarter because of bad debt. |
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