{"id":1158,"date":"2025-06-09T16:38:59","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T16:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/belbolcpa.com\/blog\/?p=1158"},"modified":"2025-06-09T16:40:54","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T16:40:54","slug":"better-meals-deduction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/belbolcpa.com\/blog\/better-meals-deduction\/","title":{"rendered":"Better Meals Deduction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"483\" src=\"https:\/\/belbolcpa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/07-11-2025-iStock-1990354631.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/belbolcpa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/07-11-2025-iStock-1990354631.jpg 724w, https:\/\/belbolcpa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/07-11-2025-iStock-1990354631-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately, business meals are only 50% deductible for tax purposes. However, there are two ways your business meals can be 100% deductible, according to the IRS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Recreational Expenses for Employees<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Normally meals are 50% deductible and entertainment is not deductible at all. But if the meals are for recreational, social, or similar activities for your employees then they aren\u2019t subject to the 50% limitation such as for a holiday party or summer picnic. You can also deduct the expense of the facilities in this situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meals for Advertising<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you provide meals to the general public as a form of advertising or promoting goodwill, then the cost is 100% deductible. Think of situations of sponsoring a show or having a booth at a community event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>If you know a business owner who can benefit from our services, then we would appreciate your referral.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>And if you like what you just read, then don\u2019t hesitate to forward to your friends, and\/or click \u201cLike\u201d on LinkedIn!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Make sure to subscribe to our weekly emails to receive practical business, financial and tax strategies! <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.belbolcpa.com\/newsletter-signup.htm?\"><strong>Sign Up Now!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unfortunately, business meals are only 50% deductible for tax purposes. However, there are two ways your business meals can be 100% deductible, according to the IRS. Recreational Expenses for Employees Normally meals are 50% deductible and entertainment is not deductible at all. But if the meals are for recreational, social, or similar activities for your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[287,2,247,7,8,285,15,18],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1158","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-accounting","7":"category-budgeting","8":"category-employees","9":"category-expenses","10":"category-financial","11":"category-irs","12":"category-new-jersey-tax","13":"category-taxes","14":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/belbolcpa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/belbolcpa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/belbolcpa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/belbolcpa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/belbolcpa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1158"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/belbolcpa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1161,"href":"https:\/\/belbolcpa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1158\/revisions\/1161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/belbolcpa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/belbolcpa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/belbolcpa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}