26 USC § 65 - Ordinary loss defined

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title: "26 USC § 65 - Ordinary loss defined"
title_number: 26
title_name: "INTERNAL REVENUE CODE"
section_number: "65"
section_name: "Ordinary loss defined"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "NORMAL TAXES AND SURTAXES"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "Computation of Taxable Income"
part_number: "I"
part_name: "DEFINITION OF GROSS INCOME, ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME, TAXABLE INCOME, ETC."
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 94–455, title XIX, § 1901(a)(11), Oct. 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 1765.)"
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# § 65. Ordinary loss defined

For purposes of this subtitle, the term “ordinary loss” includes any loss from the sale or exchange of property which is not a capital asset. Any loss from the sale or exchange of property which is treated or considered, under other provisions of this subtitle, as “ordinary loss” shall be treated as loss from the sale or exchange of property which is not a capital asset.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 94–455, title XIX, § 1901(a)(11), Oct. 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 1765.)