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kobe22
Level 5
February 5, 2026
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Cancelled Debt Insolvency worksheet Form 982

  • February 5, 2026
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I've never filled out or filed an insolvency debt worksheet linked to Form 982 to exclude this income from tax.  Is it common?  What are the chances the IRS approves or request additional docs to support the exclusion request? The cancelled debt my client has is from credit cards and has a code F (by agreement).

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ljr
Level 9
February 5, 2026

I've never had a 1099-c from a credit card company where the client was insolvent

Basic questions: do they own a home? do they have any retirement accounts? if so, that's the end of it there. 

Just-Lisa-Now-
Intuit Community Champion
February 5, 2026

Ive had the situation several times, not recently though, never had an issue that required additional documents to be sent.

I have the client fill out their assets and liability on that insolvency worksheet to make sure they are insolvent.

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BobKamman
Level 15
February 5, 2026

The chances of an IRS audit for this are the same as those for anything else:  minuscule to none.  It depends on the amount, $50,000 might make an audit twice as likely as $5,000.  but as @kobe22 notes, it may be difficult to show insolvency because assets are considered that would have been exempt had they filed bankruptcy (and the debt cancellation would automatically be nontaxable).  The bank (or more likely, collection agency) recognized that they had no assets that they couldn't keep in bankruptcy; the taxpayer chose to pay something, to avoid that.  

kobe22
kobe22Author
Level 5
February 5, 2026

The taxpayer owns no other assets than her 401K. Based on the worksheet she filled out she is insolvent.  However, I would typically make the income taxable. But in this case she requested insolvency (if she qualifies).  Thank you for all your answers. I will discuss with my client.