Hello All:

I have client who was scammed into purchasing gift cards.  The client has a police report.  I have tried to enter the amount of theft by deception into form 4684.  I have not been able to get the loss amount to flow over to Schedule A.

I have seen some guidelines that say a casualty loss can not be deducted unless it was part of a Federal Declared Disaster.

This is my 1st time with this type of loss.  Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Tentman