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Documenting Loans to Closely-Held Corporations
In Norgaard v. United States, No. 16-12107-FDS (D. Mass. 2018), the court addressed whether a personal loan made to a closely held corporation can be deducted as a bad debt when the business goes out of business. The case highlights …
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Cease-and-Desist Order Not Sufficient Evidence for Bad Debt Deduction
In Sensenig v. Commissioner,T.C. Memo. 2017-1, the court considers whether an investment fund is entitled to a bad debt deduction for cash-hungry start-up companies the fund had invested in when securities regulators barred the investment fund from raising money needed to sustain the start-up companies. The court considers whether the receipt of a cease-and-desist order […]
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