Discharge Of Indebtedness Bankruptcy And Insolvency

... examines and analyzes the tax treatment of individuals, corporations, and partnerships that realize discharge-of-indebtedness income, inside or outside bankruptcy, whether or not the person realizing the income is insolvent. It also considers the tax treatment of individuals, corporations, and partnerships that have become insolvent and, as a result, are subject to the provisions of the federal bankruptcy laws or state laws applicable to receiverships.

The thousands of mergers, acquisitions, and start-ups that have characterized the past ten years of business have created an increasing number of corporations in financial trouble: specifically, a shortage of venture capital or quick cash. Consequently, bankruptcy protection is now viewed as a strategic move to protect corporations from their creditors and allow them to reorganize. Bankruptcy and Insolvency Taxation, Third Edition provides the answers to the questions financial managers will have on the tax aspects of the "bankruptcy strategy."

" ... examines and analyzes the tax treatment of individuals, corporations and partnerships that realize discharge-of-indebtedness income, inside or outside bankruptcy, whether or not the person realizing the income is insolvent. This includes the exclusion of debt discharge from gross income and the corresponding reduction of tax attributes under [section] 108. The Portfolio also discusses the restructuring of financially troubled corporations and partnerships inside or outside a Title 11 or similar case (such as a state law receivership), including the tax-free reorganization of corporations in such proceedings"--Portfolio description (Page iii).

Authored by leading experts from across the country, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Law in Canada: Cases, Materials, and Problems reimagines the traditional casebook. It provides clear, accessible, and detailed textual commentary on the and presents problem-solving exercises to challenge students to do what lawyers are renowned for--provide solutions.

Trustees at Work explores the role bankruptcy trustees play in determining who qualifies as a deserving debtor under Canadian personal bankruptcy law. The idea of a deserving debtor is woven throughout bankruptcy law, with debt relief being reserved for those debtors deemed deserving. The legislation and case law invite trustees to assess debtors based on their pre-bankruptcy choices, but in practice, trustees evaluate debtors based on how cooperative the debtors are during bankruptcy proceedings. This book uses interviews and statistical data to explain how the financial and emotional pressures of trustees’ work shape their decision-making process.

Americans now depend more heavily upon credit than any other society on Earth, or any other time in history. Borrowing has become a way of life for millions of families, and it is hard to imagine a time when charge accounts did not exist. Nonetheless, it would be a mistake to assume that, because a wallet filled with plastic instead of cash is a relatively new phenomenon, Americans have not been borrowers and lenders since the colonization of the New World. Author Peter J. Coleman proves otherwise. In one Form or another -- notes of hand, book credit, commercial paper, mortgages, land contracts -- settlers borrowed to pay their passage from Europe, to buy and clear land, to build and operate mills, to purchase slaves, and to gamble and drink. Debtors' prison awaited those who could not pay their debts, and a pauper's grave received the unfortunate who lacked the private means to feed and clothe himself in prison. While the debtors' prisons described in this book no longer exist, the author maintains that our credit-oriented society has yet to devise cheap, efficient, equitable, and humane methods of enforcing contracts for debt.