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| Melissa recently paid $800 for round-trip airfare to San Francisco to attend a business conference for three days. Melissa also paid the following expenses: $510 fee to register for the conference, $400 per night for three night’s lodging, $220 for meals, and $445 for cab fare. (Leave no answers blank. Enter zero if applicable.) |
| a. | What amount of the travel costs can Melissa deduct as business expenses? (Round your answer to the nearest dollar amount.)
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Expert Answer
| a | |||||||||||||
| Amount deductible as business expenses = 800+510+1200+(220*50%)+445= | 3065 | ||||||||||||
| b | |||||||||||||
| None of the costs of site seeing is deductible. However, because her primary purpose for the trip appears to be business $3065 is deductible | |||||||||||||
