Each of the following independent cases involves interest
payments and the issue is interest deductibility.
Case A: Abby Brown borrowed $ 250,000 and
invested the entire loan proceeds in publicly traded securities.
After 5 months, the securities’ value dropped to $ 150,000. At this
point, Abby Brown sold the securities and used the proceeds to
reduce the loan to $ 100,000. Since she no longer owns the
securities, can Abby Brown deduct the interest on the remaining
loan amount of...