Just charged $45.00 for my dinner working from home this weekend. I wonder if my principal will approve this..

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Um, don't charge dinner when you're working from home. That sounds crazy.

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Agree with ey1. In today's environment really wouldn't play around with your expenses. If you do this and anyone asks you about it - DO NOT LIE. Say you thought was permitted or something

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I don't see an issue as long as you meet the time guidelines for charging a meal (i.e. If you have to work 10 hours before you can charge your dinner, make sure you worked 10 hours.)

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I don't see the issue with this actually. People ok my team often expenses dinner while working from home, either on weekends or if they have left for the night.

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Lol I work from home every night, I doubt they'd let me expense my dinners (&a drinks) 😿

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Deloitte fired a guy few months ago for expense noncompliance during an audit, which seems uncalled for.. since they've been approving his similar expenses for the past 3 years 😂 like why approve them if you actually don't?

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For what type of expenses? ^ or how'd he violate policy

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I'm pretty sure EY's policy is you have to be at the office/on site at a client. You can't be WFH.

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Dinner expense is something covered because you are not "home" to cook/eat dinner as you normally would. If you are home you can cook your food while working. Work at that point is not really interrupting your normal "home" routine. I can't see why you would expense it or be allowed to expense it.

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That has nothing to do with it ^ it's so the firm gets a deduction

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Kpmg let you charge dinner when wfh, and I think $45 not super crazy. I have submitted similar and been fine.

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Jeez. Our expense input cuts us off at $20

I've seen people throw a lot of money around for food in my group before so fingers crossed. I think it depends on group culture. Food is very important to my group

^ Same @ PwC

Yeah at EY this would be a no no

Pretty sure PwC is 8 hours on weekend from anywhere but limited to $15. It goes up to 10 charged ours during weekdays.

Wait if OP can’t cook a decent meal cause he is working a good amount of hours from home then how can’t that qualify?

Lol.. yes, the firm is getting a big deduction from people expensing dinners.

And the guidelines for expensing meals are so that the firm meets the deductibility requirements

You do realize that stuff is buit into budgets right.

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