Can someone explain why EY doesn’t cover lunch in the expense policy? I’ve never understood their rationale.

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I think it's dumb. I bring my lunch 85% of the time

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You would be responsible for lunch regardless of whether you were traveling. Breakfast and dinner options would be more limited, so they’re reimbursed

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When I’m traveling for work I usually go to target and get breakfast bars or something cheap to last me through the week for breakfast and then use my breakfast allowance for lunches

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The rationale is because lunch always falls within the working day. Breakfast and dinner are typically outside of the standard working day, hence why they are covered. It’s dumb but that is the rationale.

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Gonna need a cite.

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EY5 I call BS. Gimme that cite.

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It’s stupid. I would be responsible for both dinner and breakfast regardless of whether I was traveling or not. I can understand for trainings but If I’m out of town at a client they’re not buying me lunch.

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It's due to tax law. Lunch is not a business expense. Breakfast and dinner is.

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It’s not tax law, it’s just crappy EY policy. If I take a client out for lunch, why should I be on the hook to pay for that? I️ don’t ever go to sit-down lunches. If EY doesn’t want to foot the bill, why can’t the client? That worked fine at other companies I’ve worked. No one had a problem (client or my firm) as long the spending is reasonable.

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Lol tax law.

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Same at pec

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Sounds like EY sucks! Our firm reimbursed for all

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Same with PWC. But nobody eats breakfast since we lunch at 11:30 or 12 and start at 9. So we expense it anyway.

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EY7 - if you take a client to lunch it is reimbursable. That makes it a business lunch. I do so this all the time.

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PwC's doesn't either.

I think lunch is covered if your over a weekend. So weekend lunches covered

^yes because the weekend is not part of the standard work week so therefore all meals are considered outside of working hours.

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