Elijah is employed as a full-time high school teacher. The school district where

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Elijah is employed as a full-time high school teacher. The school district where he works recently instituted a policy requiring all of its teachers to star working on a master's degree. Pursuant to this new rule, Elijah spent most of the summer of 2015 taking graduate courses at an out-of-town university. His expenses are as follows: Tuition $6,600 Books and course materials 1,500 Lodging 1,700 Meals 2,200 Laundry and dry cleaning 200 Campus parking 300 In addition, Elijah drove his personal automobile 2.200 miles in connection with the education. He uses die automatic mileage method. How much, if any, of these expenses might qualify as deductions for AGI? How much, if any, of these expenses might qualify as deductions from AGI?

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AUTOMATIC MILEAGE METHOD : TAKES INTO ACCOUNT BUSINESS MILES AND USES AN IRS PRESCRIBED MILEAGE RATE TO DETERMINE THE DEDUCTION.MILES DRIVEN FROM HOME TO WORK AND BACK FROM WORK TO HOME ARE NOT DEDUCTIBLE.

EXPENSES QUALIFYING FOR DEDUCTION ARE:

MEALS UPTO 50%=$2,200*50%=$1,100

LODGING =$1,700

CAMPUS PARKING =$300

LAUNDRY AND DRY CLEANING=$200

TOTAL =$3,300

FOLLOWING EXPENSES ARE DEDUCTIBLE:

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