Cancellation of Debt (COD) Income. Taxpayers in the United States may have tax consequences when debt is cancelled. This is commonly known as COD (Cancellation of Debt) Income. According to the Internal Revenue Code, the discharge of indebtedness must be included in a taxpayer's gross income.
1 Liver blood tests are designed to show evidence that abnormalities, for example, inflammation, liver cell damage, has or is occurring within the liver.  The blood tests most frequently used for liver disease are the aminotransferases (alanine aminotransferase or ALT and aspartate aminotransferase or AST).
You may have blood tests to check your liver enzymes. These can help show whether you have had liver inflammation for a long time. These blood tests include: 1  Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) , alanine aminotransferase (ALT) , and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH).easuring the levels of certain chemicals produced by the liver can show how well your liver is working. Blood tests may be used to measure: 1  Albumin and total serum protein. 2  Albumin is a type of protein.