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2016 Postmortem

etherealtruth

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4. The analyst I heard talked about that ... but seemingly ...

Reply to lapucelle (Reply #3)

Mon Oct 3, 2016, 08:33 PM

Oct 2016

the rules are different for mutual funds and real-estate (we reportedly have congress to thank for that).

I will look for links to the discussions (again, this was my understanding of the reporting ... I have no true understanding of the situation other than that)

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Was Trump's $916,000,000 tax write off legal? [View all] lapucelle Oct 2016 OP

I donot know real estate laws but addendum that shows how he reached -$916 Million will MyNameIsKhan Oct 2016 #1

Listened to a lot of analysis today regarding this ... seems it was likely legal .... etherealtruth Oct 2016 #2

While the deduction might have been legal lapucelle Oct 2016 #3

The analyst I heard talked about that ... but seemingly ... etherealtruth Oct 2016 #4

I can't find links to the actual reports I listened to ... but these come close etherealtruth Oct 2016 #7

He can fudge $916 million loss but IRS would have found out by now after audit. MyNameIsKhan Oct 2016 #5

here is a link etherealtruth Oct 2016 #6

But the IRS only judges what's legal, not what's fair (ntxt) scscholar Oct 2016 #8

Get that and agree, my point is we donot see results of Audit and how much of 916 Mil was allowed MyNameIsKhan Oct 2016 #9