Charley Long is a truck driver, the 18-wheeler variety. He is an independent contractor for Fishy Co., a seafood company in Mobile, Alabama. Charley's job entails delivering fresh fish to restaurants and wholesale fish distributors in Mississippi and Louisiana. Charley's routine varied. Sometimes, he drives straight back to Mobile from Lafayette. On other occasions, he will pull of at a truck stop and sleep in his cab before returning to Mobile. His cab is equipped with sleeping facilities, although small and sparse. Finally, on other occasions, Charley will spend the night in a motel along the road. When Charley drives straight back to Mobile, Charley will eat one meal. When he sleeps overnight (either in his cab or in a motel), he will eat two meals, a late dinner and breakfast. During the current year, Charley incurred the following expense: Meals incurred on nonstop trips $1,000 Meals incurred when: slept in cab $800 Slept in motel $600 Lodging $2,800 Total $5,200 ISSUE: The IRS has disallowed all of the above expenses on the grounds that they are not bona fide travel expenses but personal expenses and stated Charlie owes taxes on the entire $5,200. Assume Charlie appropriately prepared a Form Schedule C with his personal tax return and included these expenses as part of his business. response to the IRS indicating the amount of expenses deductible. I need help to write this letter to indicate the amount of taxes owed, assume Charlie is in the highest tax bracket. Use tax resources to help determine which items are deductible. I can use these as support in the letter, as appropriate. A partial list of sources is: Sec. 162(a)(2) and Reg. Sec. 1.162-2(a) U.S. v. Correll, 389 U.S. 299 (1967) Williams v. Patterson, 286 F.2d 333 (5th Cir. 1961) Rev. Rul 75-168, 1975-1 C.B. 58 and Rev. Rul. 75-432, 1975-2 C.B. 60 The IRS office from which the letter originated is: Treasury Department, 324 25th St., Ogden, UT 84401. Charlie's address is: 3300 W. Indian School Road, Apt. 230, Chandler, AZ 85048. Please help me with what amounts are deductible. Please show me how to I need to write letter to irs.