Meal Expenses

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Lance replied

16 July 2018, 10:18
Originally posted by siphr View Post

I choose to be at the client site but do not intend to be there for 2 years.

you don't intend to be there for 2 years, or does your contract end before 2 years is up?
That's a BIG difference.

What is the contracted end date?
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TheCyclingProgrammer replied

15 July 2018, 19:53
You can claim any subsistence related to business travel or travel to a temporary workplace (the latter being subject to the 24 month rule). This includes lunch if working away from home but not food you prepare and bring with you.
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siphr started a topic Meal Expenses

15 July 2018, 18:14
Meal Expenses

Hello,

I am relatively new to contracting and have been constantly trying to read a lot of stuff regarding rules and regulations around it. One of the questions that I am confused about is whether I can claim regular lunch meals at a client site as an expense. I choose to be at the client site but do not intend to be there for 2 years. The confusion arises because it is said that if the workplace is temporary then I am allowed to claim (or at least that is how I understood it). And what is defined as temporary is a place where I have either worked less than 2 years or am expecting to do so.

Can somebody please clarify, whether I am doing the right thing or not?

Thanks.
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