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Melissa recently paid $400 for round-trip airfare to San Francisco to attend a business conference for three days. Melissaalso paid the following expenses:$250 fee to register for the conference,$300 per night for three night’s lodging,$200 for meals, and$150 for cab fare. a. What amount of the travel costs can Melissa deduct as business expenses?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 $1,000 for transportation, $800 for lodging, and $450 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?c. Suppose that Melissa made the trip to San Francisco primarily to visit the national parks and only attended the business conference as an incidental benet of being present on the coast at that time. What amount of the airfare can Melissa deduct as a business expense?d. Suppose that Melissa’s permanent residence and business was located in San Francisco. She attended the conference in San Francisco and paid $250 for the registration fee. She drove 100 miles over the course of three days and paid $90 for parking at the conference hotel. In addition, she spent $150 for breakfast and dinner over the three days of the conference. She bought breakfast on the way to the conference hotel and she bought dinner on her way home each night from the conference. What amount of these costs can Melissa deduct as business expenses?

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