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Sammy had the following for last year:

Salary $40,000
Short-term Capital gain $3000
nonbusiness bad debt ($10,000)

for the current year:
salary $45000
nonbusiness bad debt ($1000)
collection of last years bad debt $10,000

Calculate her AGI for the current year

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The rule on nonbusiness bad debt is:
If you do not choose to deduct the loss as a casualty loss or as an ordinary loss, you must wait until the year the actual loss is ...

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