Income Tax Fundamentals 2020
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ISBN: 9780357391129
Author: WHITTENBURG
Publisher: Cengage
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Chapter 3, Problem 8MCQ
To determine
Concept Introduction:
Travel expenses are expenses that include the travel away from home related to the taxpayer’s business. These are allowed to be deductible as long as they can be sustained.
To explain: The travel expense deduction.
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