Eat up! Thanks to changes in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), it’s now much easier to write-off business meals for you, your customers, other business contacts — and even your spouse! That’s right. The IRS has reverted to the pre-1963 (more business-friendly) “ordinary” and “necessary” business-expense rules. So what are they? We’ll explain fully when you read my new … [Read more...]
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Employee Recreation and Parties Survive TCJA Tax Reform
Here’s some good news about the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA)… The TCJA has retained the 100-percent tax deduction for qualified employee parties and qualified employee entertainment facilities. Interestingly, if you provide a meal for your employees during a training program, you can deduct only 50-percent of the cost. But if you know the rules, you can take your … [Read more...]
Entertainment facilities survive the TCJA tax reform
As you may know, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act tax reform decimated a host of valuable entertainment tax deduction. However, entertainment facilities luckily dodged a bullet and are still 100-percent tax deductible if you follow the IRS’s rules. What are they? You’ll find out when you read my new information-packed article titled Tax Tips: Entertainment Facilities after the … [Read more...]
Tax reform update on business-meal deductions
Should you continue to deduct your client and prospect business-meal expenses in the face of recent changes in the tax laws? My answer is a resounding “YES!” Oh, I know. A while ago I wrote an issue of the Tax Reduction Letter titled “Yes, Tax Reform Did Kill Prospect And Client Meal Deductions.” This means you might reasonably wonder if I’m changing my tune. Not at all. … [Read more...]
Did Tax Reform Goof When Disallowing Deductions for Client Meals?
In recent days, we learned that lawmakers did not intend to eliminate business meals with clients and prospects. We’re not exactly sure how lawmakers can undo what they’ve done to the tax code in this area, but experience says that if there’s a will, there’s a way. We think it may take a technical correction to the tax code, but some speculate that you could get this done … [Read more...]