Sally is in the business of purchasing accounts receivable. last year sally purchased an account receivable with a face value of $80,000 for $60,000. during the current year, sally settled the account, receiving $65,000. determine the maximum amount of the bad debt deduction for sally for the current year.

Shally will not having any amount of bad debt deduction for the present year.

Explanation:

In the present year, Shally will not having any amount of bad debt deduction because she has a gain or income of $5,000. As, last year she has account receivable of $60,000 but this year she settled the account by receiving the $65,000 amount. So, she has received more amount than the basis in the receivable. Therefore, she will not have any bad debt deduction this year.

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