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Writing losses against profits is not a "loophole", but a fair, integral and necessary part of any tax code worldwide. Taxes are not designed to punish and destroy business.

 

Just some side-fact: Clinton used the same law (writing losses against profits) to pay less income tax in 2015:

https://m.hrc.onl/secretary/10-documents/01-health-financial-records/Clinton_2015_Form_1040_with_Signature_Page.pdf

(page 17, last line is a deduction of 700K in fomer losses)