On Sep 2, 9:42*am, "removeps-gro...[at]yahoo.com" <removeps-
gro...[at]yahoo.com> wrote:

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Typo. Should have been "you can't elect how much of the NOL to
deduct".

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On Sep 2, 8:39 am, "Haskel LaPort" <QBFan...[at]gmail.com> wrote:

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I think Nish is asking if you can elect to use on a portion of the
carryforward. Example: if the carryforward is 10k, and his income
this year is 30k he can use up all of the carryforward, but it would
be more useful to do it next year when his income is expected to be
150k, in which case the 10k deduction is worth more. I think the
answer to this is no, you can elect how much of the NOL to deduct.

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"nish" <nisha[at]nunya.org> wrote in message
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The amount you can carry forward to any year is the original NOL less any
allowed or allowable losses taked in prior years. Therfore you either use it
or lose it.


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Say you have a substantial net operating loss (NOL) carryforward for your
Federal 1040 and you have only very small amount of income to take against
that NOL carryforward in the current tax year. Is there any option to
apply only a partial amount of NOL carryforward to the current year and then
continue to carry the remaining loss forward? The idea here is that small
amounts of income in the current year are in a lower tax bracket. It might
be smarter to take the NOL forward to a year with substantial income, so
that it is being used to lower your overall tax bracket and has impact in
the higher margins of income.

nish

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