Travel Expenses. Marilyn, a business executive who lives and works in Cleveland,

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Travel Expenses. Marilyn, a business executive who lives and works in Cleveland, accepts a temporary out-of-town assignment in Atlanta for a period of ten months. Marilyn leaves her husband and children in Cleveland and rents an apartment in Atlanta during the ten-month period. Marilyn incurs the following expenses, none of which are reimbursed by her employer:


Airfare to and from Atlanta $800
Airfare for weekend trips to visit her family 8,000
Apartment rent 10,000
Meals in Atlanta 8,500
Entertainment of customers 2,000
Total $29,300


a. Which of the expenditures listed above (if any) are deductible by Marilyn
(before any limitations are applied)?

Explanation / Answer

These are from AGI. They go on Schedule A as a miscellaneous deduction subject to the 2% of AGI floor

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