Abandoment Losses

While a taxpayer conducts a trade or business, one or more items of business property may suddenly stop being useful. For a variety of reasons, the taxpayer may choose to stop conducting business with the property or permanently discard it. The IRS allows these businesses to claim an abandonment loss deduction under Reg. §1.165-2(a) for non-depreciable property or under Reg. §1.167(a)-8 for depreciable property.

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