deductible losses

deductible losses
Losses resulting when a taxpayer's property is destroyed, damaged, confiscated, stolen, abandoned, taken by foreclosure, becomes entirely worthless or suffers other special losses, which a taxpayer is permitted to deduct in computing his net income for tax purposes providing the losses are not fully compensated for by insurance or otherwise. 34 Am J2d Fed Tax ¶ 6500.

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