John M. Trent and Lisa M. Trent v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · Decided 1961-06-09

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FRIENDLY, Circuit Judge. The question is whether a corporate employee who makes loans to the corporation in order to hold his job may deduct for a business bad debt if the loans become worthless. Despite the Tax Court’s statement, echoed before us by the Commissioner, that to give an affirmative answer “it would be necessary to over…

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