[Feen]

I read somewhere a while back (on here or elsewhere?) that someone was claiming his lunch as a legit expense. A roll from the bakers I expect rather than 3 courses at the Ritz Is this right? Do any of you do this?

[Alex Wingrove]

you cant do it

[Kev R]

you can only claim if you are working away from home and staying out overnight either before the job or after it.

[Alex Wingrove]

you can only claim if its enabling you to work, not having lunch doesn't stop you working,

[Feen]

Thanks guys, As usual "if it seems too good to be true etc etc"

[ronnie paton]

well i would just like to stick my 2penith in, my accounts claims so much a year for me lunch not sure how much but she defo does!!!

[Tosh]

I read somewhere a while back (on here or elsewhere?) that someone was claiming his lunch as a legit expense. A roll from the bakers I expect rather than 3 courses at the Ritz Is this right? Do any of you do this?

You can't!  I recently read in the papers about a food critic who claimed back the cost of his restaraunt meal as an expense.  You'd think he could, since it was his job to eat food and write about it in the papers.

Alas no, the tax man said when an item has a DUEL PURPOSE, then you can't claim for it.  So because he has to eat food to live, eating lunch in some posh restaraunt couldn't be counted as an expense.

He was upset to say the least, but I bet he did a 'work-around' and claimed the cost of the meal from the paper he was writing for; who subsequently claimed it as an expense.