This Podcast considers a decision (Brooks v. Commissioner, TC Memo 2005 - 204) involving the impact of repaying S corporation debt during the year when, at the beginning of the year, the shareholder's basis was less than the face amount of the note.
In the case in question, the shareholders repaid such a debt in its entirety at the beginning of the year, the corporation sustained a loss during the year, and then the taxpayer loan back enough money to both return the entire repayment and then advance enough additional to give basis to take the loss.
To download the podcast materials, click this link (if you are reading notes attached to the podcast in iTunes you will need to actually go to the site first to do that clicking).
Please visit our software, books, and PowerPoint Presentations site at http://www.leimberg.com