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the two-percent floor imposed by section 67(a).1 Of that total,
petitioner claimed $12,734 as “Unreimbursed employee expenses”,
$50 as “Tax preparation fees”, and $600 as “Other expenses” for
clothes, boots, and gloves. With respect to the $12,734 of
claimed “Unreimbursed employee expenses”, petitioner, as re-
quired, completed Form 2106-EZ, Unreimbursed Employee Business
Expenses, and included that form as part of petitioner’s 2002
return (2002 Form 2106-EZ). In the 2002 Form 2106-EZ, petitioner
claimed the following “Unreimbursed employee expenses”:
Expense Amount
Vehicle 1$8,782
Meals 23,952
1Petitioner calculated the $8,782 of claimed vehicle ex-
penses by using the standard mileage rate for 2002 of 36.5 cents
per mile and multiplying that rate by 24,060, the number of miles
that petitioner claims he drove his automobile for business
(business miles) during 2002. At trial, petitioner conceded that
the total amount of business miles claimed for 2002 in the 2002
Form 2106-EZ was overstated by approximately 3,000 miles.
2In calculating the $3,952 of claimed meal expenses, peti-
tioner claimed in the 2002 Form 2106-EZ total meal expenses of
$7,904 and reduced that total by 50 percent, as required by sec.
274(n).
As required by section 67(a), petitioner reduced the $13,384
of total “Job Expenses and Most Other Miscellaneous Deductions”
claimed in the 2002 Schedule A by two percent of his adjusted
gross income (i.e., by $1,091). In determining the taxable
1All section references are to the Internal Revenue Code in
effect for the year at issue. All Rule references are to the Tax
Court Rules of Practice and Procedure.
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