On the Your Deductions Page, under Common Business Expenses, it shows $87,987.
When I click on the update button for Common Business Expenses and add the totals from each box, the sum equals $63,403.
If I click on Forms vs. step-by-step, it shows $86,274.
It looks like Automobile and Truck Expense along with Meals & Entertainment are being entered here and again on the Your Deductions Page.
If I subtract those two amounts (Auto & Meals) from the breakdown, it equals what I manually calculated $63,403.
It's still off by $1,713. There are no depreciation expenses and I've already looked at meal allowances (like others have suggested when I queried this question).
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Review the actual forms and not the summary screens ... what is listed on the summary screens and how it is reported on the return are not the same. Review any statements produced ... sounds like the missing amount is the 1/2 of the meals expense that is not deductible.
Thank you! I will check the forms.
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