Reference no: EM132574756
Question - Your company has a travel policy that reimburses employees for the "ordinary and necessary" costs of business travel. Employees often mix a business trip with pleasure by either extending the time at the destination or traveling from the business destination to a nearby resort or other personal destination. When this happens, an allocation must be made between the business and personal portions of the trip. However, the travel policy is unclear on the allocation method to follow.
Consider this example. An employee obtained a business-class ticket for $9,545 and traveled the following itinerary.
From To Miles One-Way Regular Fare Purpose Chicago Paris 4,070 $3,740
Business Paris Rio de Janeiro 5,780 4,350
Personal Rio de Janeiro Chicago 5,310 3,190 Return
On the date of the flights between Chicago and Paris (and return), a restricted round-trip fare of $4,850 was available.
Required -
a. Compute the business portion of the airfare according to each of the following independent scenarios:
1. Based on the maximum reimbursement for the employee.
2. Based on the minimum cost to the company.