Income Tax Fundamentals 2020
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ISBN: 9780357391129
Author: WHITTENBURG
Publisher: Cengage
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Chapter 3, Problem 20P
To determine
Introduction: When goods are sold on credit and
The treatment of bad loan by C for tax purpose.
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