Mortgage Debt Forgiveness: Taxable Income or Not?

Debt forgiveness has been traditionally considered taxable income. Since you didn’t have to pay the debt which you owed, the IRS has treated it similar to a gift. Your creditor has given you the funds to pay off the debt, by paying it off themselves and forgiving the amount owed. Read More »

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How Raising Capital Impacts Your Financial Statements

Businesses need money to operate and unless your business has retained some earnings to draw from, you might need to go out and raise capital. Although there are complexities that blur the lines, you can broadly think of all capital as falling into two categories:

• Loan-based funding
• Ownership-based funding

Loan-based funding includes borrowing money from the bank or offering a bond or promissory note to private lenders. Ownership-based funding is essentially where you sell a piece of the ownership in the company as a share or stock. You’re probably already familiar with these concepts. But what I want to talk about in this blog post is how each type of funding impacts your financial statements. Knowing this will help inform you about the best choice for your situation when it comes time to raise some capital.

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