Individual Income Taxes
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Author: Hoffman
Publisher: CENGAGE LEARNING - CONSIGNMENT
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Chapter 16, Problem 23P
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Provide information whether Mr. P have a capital loss when he collects the receivables for less than it paid for them.
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