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gina-m-fleming
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My business has an outstanding loan that was recently forgiven by the lender. How do I record this correctly?

 
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Rustler
Level 15

My business has an outstanding loan that was recently forgiven by the lender. How do I record this correctly?

Almost all loans in the US, that are forgiven, are income to you.  Assuming you have the loan in a liability account, do a journal entry

debit loan
credit income

Check with a tax accountant, there are some mortgage's that are included in the above, and he would know for sure

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Rustler
Level 15

My business has an outstanding loan that was recently forgiven by the lender. How do I record this correctly?

Almost all loans in the US, that are forgiven, are income to you.  Assuming you have the loan in a liability account, do a journal entry

debit loan
credit income

Check with a tax accountant, there are some mortgage's that are included in the above, and he would know for sure

grow your company
Level 2

My business has an outstanding loan that was recently forgiven by the lender. How do I record this correctly?

This worked out great to cancel a loan on my client's account.  Thank you.

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