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Old 04-06-2011, 11:26 PM
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Is Cancellation of Debt income always taxable?

The cancellation of debt income is generally taxable. However, there are some exceptions. Per the IRS, the most common situations when cancellation of debt income is not taxable involve the following situations as follows;

1.Qualified principal residence indebtedness:
This is the exception created by the Mortgage Debt Relief Act of 2007 and applies to most homeowners.

2.Bankruptcy:
Debts discharged through bankruptcy are not considered taxable income.

3.Insolvency:
If you are insolvent when the debt is cancelled, some or all of the cancelled debt may not be taxable to you. You are insolvent when your total debts are more than the fair market value of your total assets.

4.Certain farm debts:
If you incurred the debt directly in operation of a farm, more than half your income from the prior three years was from farming, and the loan was owed to a person or agency regularly engaged in lending, your cancelled debt is generally not considered taxable income.

5.Non-recourse loans:
A non-recourse loan is a loan for which the lender’s only remedy in case of default is to repossess the property being financed or used as collateral. That is, the lender cannot pursue you personally in case of default. Forgiveness of a non-recourse loan resulting from a foreclosure does not result in cancellation of debt income. However, it may result in other tax consequences.

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