Problem $9-25($LO$.1,3,5)$ Kim works for a clothing manufacturer as a dress designer. During $2022,$ she travels to New York City to attend five days of fashion shows and then spends three days sightseeing. Her expenses are as follows: Assume lodging$/$meals are the same amount for the business and personal portion of the trip $(\backslash (\backslash$$ $240\backslash )$ per day for lodging and $\backslash (\backslash$$ $180\backslash )$ per day for meals$).$ If an amount is zero, enter $"0".$ a$.$ Determine Kim's business expenses, presuming no reimbursement. What amount may she deduct on her tax return? $\backslash$$ b$.$ Would the tax treatment of Kim's deduction differ if she was an independent contractor? The deductible expenses on her tax return would be $\backslash (\backslash$$ $\backslash )$ and the expenses would be classified as