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I love how you're being called out for how wrong you are on this thread, but somehow manage to double down and always ask "but what about?..."

• jedberg 3y ago
  But that’s what tax accounting is. Asking “what if we interpret the tax code this way?” It’s all gray areas. See my sibling comment about how to write off future profits.
  • boeingUH60 3y ago
    No it's not. But sure, "They just write it off!"
  • mminer237 3y ago
    There are some gray areas in the tax code, but this isn't one of them. You write off your basis in a capital loss. There's no legal justification for writing off "lost profits". Trying to do so would just be tax fraud. Even if that were a thing, the fact that it would cost more to release it than not shows that the profit value is negative.