In the Current Year, Don Has a $55,000 Loss from a Business

question 99

True/False

In the current year, Don has a $55,000 loss from a business he owns.His at-risk amount at the end of the year, prior to considering the current-year loss, is $36,000.He will be allowed to deduct the $55,000 loss this year if he is a material participant in the business.

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Definitions:

Discrimination

The unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex, often examined within social psychology and sociology.

Generalization

A principle in psychology that refers to the tendency of a response that is learned to one stimulus to be elicited by similar but distinct stimuli.

Unconditioned Response

An innate, automatic response to a stimulus that happens spontaneously, without the need for prior learning or conditioning.

Generalization

The process of applying the response to one stimulus to a different but similar stimulus, often used in learning and behavioral psychology.