**Title: Understanding Travel Reimbursement Policies in Business Trips**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 $9,598 and traveled the following itinerary.**Flight Itinerary and Costs:**- **From: Chicago** - **To: Paris** - **Miles: 4,120** - **Regular Fare: $3,680** - **Purpose: Business**- **From: Paris** - **To: Rio de Janeiro** - **Miles: 5,780** - **Regular Fare: $4,170** - **Purpose: Personal**- **From: Rio de Janeiro** - **To: Chicago** - **Miles: 5,210** - **Regular Fare: $3,250** - **Purpose: Return**On the date of the flights between Chicago and Paris (and return), a restricted round-trip fare of $4,880 was available.**Required:**1. **Compute the business portion of the airfare according to the following independent scenarios:** - a. Based on the maximum reimbursement for the employee. - b. Based on the minimum cost to the company.**Diagram/Explanatory Chart:**- **Business portion of the airfare:** (This section is left with arrows and seems intended for computations or illustrative data entry.)This educational resource aids in understanding how to allocate travel costs between business and personal expenses, using illustrative examples. It provides clarity on reimbursement policies for mixed-purpose travel itineraries.

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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 $9,598 and traveled the following itinerary. From Chicago Paris Rio de Janeiro To Paris Rio de Janeiro Chicago One-Way Regular Fare $3,680 4,120 5,780 4,170 5,210 3,250 Miles Purpose Business Personal Return On the date of the flights between Chicago and Paris (and return), a restricted round-trip fare of $4,880 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.

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 $9,598 and traveled the following itinerary. From Chicago Paris Rio de Janeiro To Paris Rio de Janeiro Chicago One-Way Regular Fare $3,680 4,120 5,780 4,170 5,210 3,250 Miles Purpose Business Personal Return On the date of the flights between Chicago and Paris (and return), a restricted round-trip fare of $4,880 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.

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