HELPING YOU MOVE TO THE RIGHT DIRECTION
Choosing the right accountant for you could be one of the biggest decision you can make in your life.
An accountant can help you with any one of your life's major events. From having a new child
to dealing with a death of a loved one; from getting married to getting a divorce; from buying
a home to selling one; or from forming a new business to dissolving one.
A good accountant can be a good partner to help you make these events a better one. A good
accountant can help you save some of your hard-earned dollars and can make your business
and personal endeavors a more successful one.
Ladinez & Company, PC is a CPA firm located in the city Torrance, California. We provide services in income tax return preparations, payroll, bookkeeping, and business consulting. We are tax accountants, tax preparers, bookkeepers, payroll service providers, and business consultants. Our office is within a comfortable driving distance from the beach cities, such as Redondo Beach, Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, El Segundo, Long Beach, San Pedro, and Rancho Palos Verdes. We are also within a driving distance from Los Angles city and Orange County.
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What are Cancelled Debts? Are They Taxable?
Cancellation of debt occurs when the lender from whom you borrowed money later cancels the debt. Depending on the circumstances, you may have to include the cancelled amount as income on your tax returns.
Borrowed money are not taxable income because you are obligated to pay it back. However, when that obligation is later forgiven or cancelled, the amount cancelled becomes a reportable income because you no longer have an obligation to repay the lender.
Lender is usually required to report the amount of the canceled debt to you and the IRS on a Form 1099-C, Cancellation of Debt.
Depending on the circumstances, cancelled debts are not always taxable. Below are the exceptions:
1. Bankruptcy: Debts discharged through bankruptcy are not considered taxable income.
2. Insolvency: You are insolvent when your total debts are more than the fair market value of your total assets. If you are insolvent when the debt is cancelled, some or all of the cancelled debt may not be taxable to you.
3. Certain farm debts: If you incurred the debt directly in operation of a farm, more than half your income from the prior three years was from farming, and the loan was owed to a person or agency regularly engaged in lending, your cancelled debt is generally not considered taxable income.
4. Non-recourse loans: A non-recourse loan is a loan for which the lender’s only remedy in case of default is to repossess the property being financed or used as collateral. The lender cannot pursue you personally in case of default.
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CPA Firm, Tax Preparers, Accountants, Bookkeepers, Payroll & Business Consultants in Torrance, CA
Our CPA firm is based in the City of Torrance, CA. We provide tax, accounting, and business services to individuals and business. The 2010 United States Census reported that Torrance had a diverse population with (51.1%) White, (34.5%) Asian, (2.7%) African American, (0.4%) Native American, (0.4%) Pacific Islander, (5.4%) from other races, and (5.5%) from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any races were 23,440 persons (16.1%), while non-Hispanic whites formed 42.3% of the population. Our CPA firm understands and accommodates the needs of these diverse taxpayers.
We are a CPA firm, tax preparers, tax accountants, bookkeepers, payroll service providers, business managers and consultants based in Torrance, CA, near Los Angeles, Long Beach, and OC. And we serve the entire U.S.
Other facts about Torrance:
Torrance’s economy is majorly supported by big companies, such as Honda, Exxon Mobil Refinery, Allied Signal Aerospace, and others. The ExxonMobil refinery in the north end of the Torrance is responsible for much of Southern California's gasoline supply. Torrance was also an important hub and shop site of the Pacific Electric Railway.
Torrance was originally part of the Tongva Native American homeland for thousands of years. In 1784 the Spanish land grant for Rancho San Pedro, in the upper Las Californias Province of New Spain and encompassing present day Torrance, was issued to Juan Jose Dominguez by King Carlos III—the Spanish Empire.vIt was later divided in 1846 with Governor Pío Pico granting Rancho de los Palos Verdes to José Loreto and Juan Capistrano Sepulveda, in the Alta California territory of independent Mexico.
