Last year your client, Barney Bumluck, worked part-time for Timely Tax Return Preparation Service. Barney was promised

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Last year your client, Barney Bumluck, worked part-time for Timely Tax Return Preparation Service. Barney was promised an hourly wage plus a commission. He worked under this arrangement from early February until April 15. His accrued pay amounted to $900 plus $120 of commissions.When he went to collect his pay, however, he found only a vacant office with a sign on the door reading “Nothing is sure but death and taxes.” Can Barney take a bad debt deduction for the wages and commission he was unable to collect?

Research Aid: Reg. Section 1.166–1(e)

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Taxation For Decision Makers 2008

ISBN: 9780324654110

2nd Edition

Authors: Shirley Dennis-Escoffier, Karen A. Fortin

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