Originally Posted by AerisArmis

Yep, same thing happened to me. Since we fly into Almaty, and they speak Russian on the radio, I picked up a couple of Russian language teachers working the night shiff at Soho. Legitimate write off as I see it. Three days of "incidentals" seemed reasonable. IRS nerd said no way until I showed him the photos of my lessons. He dropped it. A win for the good guys.