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Pub. 463, Travel, Entertainment, Gift, & Car Expenses 2006 Tax Year

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Table 6-3. Weekly Traveling Expense and Entertainment Record. Summary: This is an example of the expenses that Bill Wilson recorded for the week of August 4, 2002 to August 10, 2002 (per the example). There is a note at the top of this record that states: This is not an official Internal Revenue form. The line items completed on this record are:

Expenses Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Total
2. Meals and Lodging: Breakfast     8.75 8.00 8.25 9.00   34.00
2. Meals and Lodging: Lunch   9.75 10.00 10.25 10.25 10.50   50.75
2. Meals and Lodging: Dinner   22.00 20.25 21.50       63.75
2. Meals and Lodging: Hotel and Motel (Detail in Schedule B)   94.00 94.00 94.00 80.00     362.00
3. Entertainment (Detail in Schedule C)         75.00     75.00
4. Other Expenses: Telephone & Telegraph   5.50       4.00   9.50
4. Other Expenses: Sample Room     50.00 50.00       100.00
4. Other Expenses: Assistant(s) & Model(s)     100.00 100.00       200.00
5. Car Expenses (Detail mileage in Schedule A): Parking fees, tolls   8.00     6.00 6.00   20.00
Total   139.25 283.00 283.75 179.50 29.50   915.00
Schedule A--Car Mileage: End   57,600 57,620 57,650 57,660 57,840   (shaded area)
Schedule A--Car Mileage: Start   57,445 57,600 57,620 57,650 57,660   (shaded area)
Schedule A--Car Mileage: Total   155 20 30 10 180   395
Business Mileage   155 20 30 10 170   385
Schedule B--Lodging: Hotel or Motel--Name/City   Bay Hotel/Albany Bay Hotel/Albany Bay Hotel/Albany Modern Hotel/Troy     (shaded area)
Date Item Place Amount Business Purpose Business Relationship
August 8, 2002 Bar John's Steak House 25.00 Discuss purchases Smith-Attire Company
  Dinner Troy 50.00    
Weekly Reimbursements:
Travel and transportation expenses” field contains N/A

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