Publication 547 |
2000 Tax Year |
When To Report Gain or Loss
If you receive an insurance
or other reimbursement that is more than your adjusted basis in the
destroyed or stolen property, you have a gain from the casualty or
theft. You must include this gain in your income in the year you
receive the reimbursement, unless you choose to postpone the gain as
explained earlier.
Casualty loss.
Generally, you can deduct a casualty loss only in the tax year in
which the casualty occurred. This is true even if you do not repair or
replace the damaged property until a later year. (But see
Disaster Area Losses, later.)
Theft loss.
You generally can deduct theft losses only in the year you discover
your property was stolen. You must be able to show there was a theft,
but you do not have to know when the theft occurred. However, you
should show when you discovered that your property was missing.
Loss on deposits.
If your loss is a loss on deposits at an insolvent or bankrupt
financial institution, see Loss on Deposits, earlier.
Lessee's loss.
If your loss is on leased property and you were liable to the owner
for the loss, you can deduct the loss only in the year in which the
liability becomes fixed. This is true even if the loss occurred or the
liability was paid in a different year.
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