Question

Last year, only four of 32 professional sports teams in a new league turned a nominal accounting profit. Betty purchased such a team this year. Her taxable loss was determined to be $950,000. Can she deduct this loss? (Give the citation for any primary sources you used to arrive at your answer using Checkpoint)

Answer 1

STEP 1

Accounting profit of a company is calculated as per the rules and guidelines set under GAAP. It is the total earnings of a company and includes the cost that are related to business like depreciation, interest and taxes, operating expenses etc.

STEP 2

In the given case only four out of thirty two professional sports teams in a latest league turned their nominal accounting profit. This team was later purchased by B and her taxable loss came out to be $950,000.

B purchased team with a profit motive because of their historical result. Then in case of increase in the value of franchise she will dispose of the team and earn profit. So yes she can deduct this loss from the profit earned from the disposal of team.