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Payroll: How to deduct pre-tax meal for employee

lhuang — Thu, 18 Feb 2021 16:20:09 GMT

https://www.mossadams.com/articles/2019/april/deduction-for-employer-provided-meals#:~:text=Employer%2Dprovided%20meals%20are%20tax,the%20convenience%20of%20the%20employer.

Since the employee is our coffee barista/ cashier, and he take shift from the morning to the afternoon, the lunch break is short and it matches the description for employee-provided meals. Can you tell us how to deduct this amount (pre-tax) for our employee?

Re: Payroll: How to deduct pre-tax meal for employee

Donnie-M — Thu, 18 Feb 2021 18:52:55 GMT

@lhuang Since you are talking about a barista I assume you are in a restaurant/coffee house. These meals can be deducted 100% . I would set up an employee discount under your discounts and have them ring in each meal and then do the 100% discount you set up. You can then run a report at the end of the quarter/year for this specific discount to give to your accountant for the total amount discounted to be deducted.

Hope this helps.

Donnie-M