Which of the following is a deductible loss for income tax purposes?
a. Losses on the sale of personal use assets.
b. Losses on the subsequent sale of property gifted or sold to a related party when its fair market value is less than the original owner's adjusted basis and the sale price is greater than the fair market value at the time of the gift but less than the donors original basis.
c. A loss from a wash sales transaction.
d. Net long-term capital losses in excess of $3,000.

Reynolds corp. factors $400,000 of accounts receivable with mateer finance corporation on a without recourse basis on july 1, 2015. the receivables records are transferred to mateer finance, which will receive the collections. mateer finance assesses a finance charge of 1 ½ percent of the amount of accounts receivable and retains an amount equal to 4% of accounts receivable to cover sales discounts, returns, and allowances. the transaction is to be recorded as a sale. required: a. prepare the journal entry on july 1, 2015, for reynolds corp. to record the sale of receivables without recourse. b. prepare the journal entry on july 1, 2015, for mateer finance corporation to record the purchase of receivables without recourse— think through this. c. explain the difference between sale of receivables with recourse as oppose to without recourse.