Your client, Alice Tully (an unmarried taxpayer), owns some Tesla stock, which has dropped dramatically in...
Your client, Alice Tully (an unmarried taxpayer), owns some Tesla stock, which has dropped dramatically in value. She is going to sell the stock before it falls further in value. She will have an $11,000 loss on the sale; that is the only asset she will sell this year. She asks you if she can deduct the $11,000 loss on her tax return this year. You tell her that you will give her an answer later after you research the matter.
1. What specific portion of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) provides the answer to her question? And what is the answer to her question?
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