Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• BAD DEBTS
  
  Money you can't collect. Businesses are allowed to deduct bad debts under certain circumstances. If a bad debt is personal, it may be deducted in some cases as a short-term capital loss. Loans between family members generally are classified as nonbusiness.
  
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