Can Travel Expenses be deducted when the trip was for work that involves personal time? I am employed by a large church as a religious coordinator. A couples group from church was going to Italy on a retreat. One month before they were to leave, the pastor informed me about the retreat that I did not know about, and told me that he would like for me to go along since this was a large group. The priest was the director for the retreat.
I said could go, but upon seeing the price told him I could not and after talking to my husband (who would not be going). The priests at the church talked about and decided that they could pay for 1/3 from a fund they had it I paid the remainder.
This was a 21 day trip, On my time sheet some of the time was recorded as vacation and the remainder as working in Italy.
The stipulation in the trip was that I would serve as the priest's assistant if situations took place since I am a coordinator at the parish.
Can any of my expenses be taken on my tax return ?
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