- -7 Deduction Amount Real estate taxes $178 Personal property taxes 20 Home mortgage interest 3,600 Points 285 Total 4,083 Included in the deduction claimed by petitioner for other taxes for the taxable year 1991 was a deduction for personal property taxes. The $20 allowed by respondent as a deduction for personal property taxes was for petitioner's car registration. The $11,116 deduction claimed by petitioner in 1991 as employee business expenses was in connection with petitioner's employment by Avionics. Avionics contracted out petitioner's work to Northrup Grumman in Melbourne, Florida (Northrup Grumman). Petitioner received reimbursement from Northrup Grumman for his employee business expenses related to a business trip to Los Angeles. The policy of Northrup Grumman was to reimburse persons doing contract labor for any business travel expenses they incurred. To the extent petitioner was not reimbursed for his business travel expenses, it was because he did not follow the procedure required to receive reimbursement. Had he followed the required procedure, he would have received reimbursement. Among the itemized deductions claimed by petitioner on Schedule A of his Federal income tax return for the taxable year 1991 was a deduction in the amount of $14,714 for "repaymentPage: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Next
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