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Melissa, a business executive who lives and works in Cleveland, accepts a temporary out-of-town assignment in Atlanta for a period of ten months. Melissa leaves her husband and children in Cleveland and rents an apartment in Atlanta during the ten-month period. Melissa incurs the following expenses, none of which are reimbursed by her employer: ElB (Click the icon to view the expenses.) Read the requirements Requirement a. Which of the expenditures listed above (if any) are deductible by Melissa (before any limitations are applied)? First, designate which of the expenditures are potentially deductible. Deductible Deductible Deductible Deductible, subject to 50% limitation Deductible, subject to 50% limitation Airfare to and from Atlanta Airfare for weekend trips to vist her family Apartment rent Meals in Atlanta Entertainment of customers Now calculate the amount of the deduction for the expenditures before any nondeductible floor limitations are applied. The amount of the deduction for the expenditures, before any nondeductible floor limitations are applied, is $