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Required information [The following information applies to the questions displayed below] Melissa recently paid $870 for round-trip airfare to San Francisco to attend a business conference for three days. Melissa also paid the following expenses: $400 Tee to register for the conference, $260 per night for three nights' lodging. $120 for meals, and $425 for cab fare (Leave no answers blank. Enter zero if applicable. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your final answer to the nearest dollar amount.) b. Suppose that while Melissa was on the coast, she also spent two days sightseeing the national parks in the area. To do the sightseeing, she paid $1010 for transportation, $1055 for lodging, and $495 for meals during this part of her trip, which she considers personal in nature What amount of the travel costs can Melissa deduct as business expenses? Deductible amount < Prex 6 7 8 of 23 Next > e here to search

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Amount of travel = 870 + 400+ 260x3 + 120 X 501. + 150 = (2260) is deductible because the primary reason for trip is business. Since the main purpose of the top wo on for business purposes, any sight seeing the national parks To the Cuba. 7 ct would not be considered deduct'be. So the expenses = $0. The cost able to deduct = 1010+1055 = ($2065 The deducible amount would be any business was located Seanfreafteo. except or the airpare. so our decluch'ble = 2065 - 870 = ($1195) because main purpose of the trip was personal and mot business