#8 Melissa recently paid $870 for round-trip airfare to San Francisco to attend...

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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 fee to register for the conference,
$260 per night for three nights' lodging, $120 for meals and $425 for cab fare.
Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your final answers to the nearest whole
dollar amount. Leave no answers blank. Enter zero if applicable.
d. Suppose that San Francisco was Melissa's permanent residence and business location. She
attended the conference in San Francisco and paid $400 for the registration fee. She drove 122
miles over the course of three days and paid $111 for parking at the conference hotel. In addition,
she spent $595 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?
Note: Use standard mileage rate.
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