08/28/2026
If you provide lunch for your team on long days, the treatment of that expense changed this year.
Through 2025, meals provided for the employer's convenience were 50 percent deductible. As of January 1, they are not deductible at all. The same applies to a stocked break room or a company kitchen.
A good deal still holds up. Client meals and travel meals remain 50 percent deductible, and company-wide employee events like a holiday party remain fully deductible.
The practical issue is the bookkeeping. Most books carry a single account called Meals, and one account cannot hold three different rates.
Full breakdown on the blog. Link in the comments.
