Michelle operates a food truck. Indicate the amount (if any) that she can deduct as an ordinary and necessary business deduction in each of the following situations and explain your solution. A. Michelle was stopped for speeding. She paid a fine of $125 for speeding, including $80 for legal advice in connection with the ticket.
B. Michelle paid $795 to reserve a parking place for her food truck for the fall football season outside the local football arena. Michelle also paid $140 for tickets to a game for her children.
C. Michelle provided a candidate with free advertising painted on her truck during the candidate’s campaign for city council. Michelle paid $680 to have the ad prepared and an additional $380 to have the ad removed from the truck after the candidate lost the election.