This is mostly hypothetical as it's not something I've ever claimed for, but while there has been much debate on here about lunches/meals in connection with travel to a temporary workplace (or other business travel), does anybody here occasionally put through a bought-in meal while working from their home office?
My interpretation of the subsidised workplace meal rules is that it would be allowable as long as you meet the criteria outlined here:
EIM21671 - Particular benefits: subsidised meals: canteen meals
More information:
EIM21672 - Particular benefits: subsidised meals on the employer's premises or in a canteen
A search on here turned up one thread about this but it was related to meals eaten on the client site which isn't what I'm talking about here.
Basically:
* If your normal workplace is your home office (i.e. your business premises and you work the majority of your time there) and,
* Your company purchases a meal for you as the sole director (e.g. pizza) to be eaten during work hours
* You are actually working on a project (it is really a "working lunch" and you aren't taking the piss)
* If you have other employees (perhaps including your spouse/partner co. sec.) then they are welcome to a meal too
* The costs are of a reasonable scale
Would that be allowable? Would you put it through the business?
To be clear, I'm not talking about TAX FREE PIZZA EVERY DAY! here - it would be quite stupid and costly to buy in a meal every day just because its an allowable expense, but the occasional working lunch, say once a month, would seem reasonable?
My interpretation of the subsidised workplace meal rules is that it would be allowable as long as you meet the criteria outlined here:
EIM21671 - Particular benefits: subsidised meals: canteen meals
More information:
EIM21672 - Particular benefits: subsidised meals on the employer's premises or in a canteen
A search on here turned up one thread about this but it was related to meals eaten on the client site which isn't what I'm talking about here.
Basically:
* If your normal workplace is your home office (i.e. your business premises and you work the majority of your time there) and,
* Your company purchases a meal for you as the sole director (e.g. pizza) to be eaten during work hours
* You are actually working on a project (it is really a "working lunch" and you aren't taking the piss)
* If you have other employees (perhaps including your spouse/partner co. sec.) then they are welcome to a meal too
* The costs are of a reasonable scale
Would that be allowable? Would you put it through the business?
To be clear, I'm not talking about TAX FREE PIZZA EVERY DAY! here - it would be quite stupid and costly to buy in a meal every day just because its an allowable expense, but the occasional working lunch, say once a month, would seem reasonable?
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