While interest on a loan may be deductible, repayment of principal is not. That’s what the owner of a construction business learned when she tried to write off the repayment of a $20,000 business loan. Because the loan proceeds were never reported as income, the repayment isn’t tax deductible.
Barbara Weltman
Big Ideas for Small Business, Inc.
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