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GITLITZ v. COMM'R OF INTERNAL REVENUE, 99-1295

26 USC 108(a) provides only that an insolvent S corporation's discharge of debt ceases to be included in gross income, but does not change the character of the discharge as "an item of income," so taxpayers may thus increase their basis in the shares and deduct suspended losses.

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  • Decided 01/09/2001
  • Published 01/09/2001

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  • United States Supreme Court

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