Any guidance on reporting cancellation of debt on insolvent corporations, 1120 and 1120S
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work, but in the corporation world I think it means you are going out of business. You can make elections to offset buildings if there is one the books with mortgages, but it you are staying in business I think you are not insolvent. It you have no election to offset it means you have already taken the loss that was generated by the loan, now you have the income and it should go against the NOL generated or offset the S Corp loss that could not be used because of the "at risk" rules. If the debt canceled is bigger then the NOLs or suspended loses then that is what has made you more then solvent and it would be taxable.
There are a couple of variations to this obviously.
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Originally posted by JON View Postwork, but in the corporation world I think it means you are going out of business. You can make elections to offset buildings if there is one the books with mortgages, but it you are staying in business I think you are not insolvent. It you have no election to offset it means you have already taken the loss that was generated by the loan, now you have the income and it should go against the NOL generated or offset the S Corp loss that could not be used because of the "at risk" rules. If the debt canceled is bigger then the NOLs or suspended loses then that is what has made you more then solvent and it would be taxable.
There are a couple of variations to this obviously.
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