Determine the Net Deductible Casualty Loss on Schedule a for Alan

question 43

Essay

Determine the net deductible casualty loss on Schedule A for Alan Michael when his adjusted gross income was $40,000 in 2017 and the following occurred:

A and B were destroyed in the same casualty in March.C was destroyed in a separate casualty in July.
All casualty losses were nonbusiness personal-use property losses and none occurred in a federally declared disaster area.
What is the amount of the net deductible casualty loss?

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