Question

Carlos opens a dry cleaning store during the year. He invests $30,000 of his own money and borrows $60,000 from a local bank. He uses $40,000 of the loan to buy a building and the remaining $20,000 for equipment. During the first year, the store has a loss of $24,000. How much of the loss can Carlos deduct if the loan from the bank is nonrecourse

Answer 1

$30,000

$6,000

Step-by-step explanation:

Carlos risk = $30,000

Carlos risk of $30,000 is the amount of funds which he had invested in the course of his business which is why Carlos is not considered at-risk for the nonrecourse loan reason been that carlos is not found liable because the loan was not used in the business which makes him to have a risk of $30,000.

$24,000 loss that occured will reduces Carlos’ amount at-risk to $6,000

($30,000 - $24,000)

=$6,000