Problem $9-25($Algorithmic$)($LO$.1,3,5)$

Kim works for a clothing manufacturer as a dress designer. During $2023,$ she travels to New York City to attend five days of fashion shows

and then spends three days sightseeing. Her expenses are as follows:

Assume lodging$/$meals are the same amount for the business and personal portion of the trip $($ $$293$ per day for lodging and $$270$ per day

for meals$).$

If an amount is zero, enter $"0".$ If required, round all interim calculations to nearest dollar.

a$.$ Determine Kim's business expenses, presuming no reimbursement.

What amount may she deduct on her tax return?

$

b$.$ Would the tax treatment of Kim's deduction differ if she was an independent contractor?

The deductible expenses would be $

$$ and the expenses would be classified as