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Any activities considered to be solely for recreation, amusement, or entertainment are now ineligible for deduction per Section 274(a). However, there is still a 100% deduction available under Section 274(e)(4) intended for recreational or social activity expenses that are primarily for employees' benefit.

Managing Corporate Card Expenses The IRS has the same rules in place for corporate card expenses as they do for reimbursable expenses. However, you may decide that reimbursable expenses over $25 require a receipt, where as expenses on a corporate card may use the IRS rule of expenses over $75 requiring a receipt.

For 2019, the default per diem rate in the continental US is $94 for lodging and $51 for M&IE. These rates are the standard deductions for travel to any area of the continental US not specified as having a special rate mostly small towns and rural areas.

The IRS does not require that you keep receipts, canceled checks, credit card slips, or any other supporting documents for entertainment, meal, gift or travel expenses that cost less than $75. However, you must still document the five facts listed above.

There should be substantiation for all reimbursed expenses, i.e., the IRS rule for anything under $75 is not applicable for organizations regulated by the DOL. Specifically, for meal expense reimbursements, the DOL requires itemized receipts which detail every individual item ordered on the bill.

100% DeductibleAny food made available to the public for free is also fully deductible as well as any meals included as taxable compensation for an employee or independent contractor and included on his or her W-2 or Form 1099.

Generally, you can't make tax claims without receipts. All of your claimed business expenses on your income tax return need to be supported with original documents, such as receipts. ... All a bank or credit card statement proves is that a payment was made it doesn't verify the nature of the expense.

The 2017 TCJA eliminated the deduction for any expenses related to activities generally considered entertainment, amusement or recreation. It also limited the deduction for expenses related to food and beverages provided by employers to their employees.

(You'll receive a letter from the IRS notifying you of an audit. Letters are the only way that the IRS notifies taxpayers that they're being audited IRS agents will never call you or show up at your home.) During an audit, the IRS can examine income tax returns you've filed in the last three years.