Poll: do you expense dinner in your home city on Thursday nights after traveling? I land at JFK at 8pm each week - think I deserve to expense my seamless but some say otherwise (and there's no policy)

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I'd be careful about this. In my old job in banking, we thought nobody really looked at our expense reports. Then one of our analysts got fired for expensing dinner too early. I would ask someone to clarify the rules, otherwise I don't think it's worth the risk.

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D15, enjoy that 4 day old chicken and wilted vegetables. Don't worry, that rancid taste is completely harmless as long as it was cooked to 165 deg.

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same here. If I get something at the airport, expense shall be.

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At D yes. At EY, no.

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Yes

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Some projects handle it differently than others. You can always expense and a project controller will let you know if you need to stop.

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Same - agree the policy sucks. At least the lunch one is easy to get around by buying a client a sandwich

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If you are not at home to eat and must buy something to eat, you should expense it.

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Deloitte policy clearly says no sadly

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Interesting conversation. If you travel every week there could be a reasonable expectation that you buy groceries to have a meal at home on a Thursday. Going home and then ordering delivery just seems wrong. Sorry to be the one to say it...

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The people that are saying no are the same people that wouldn't let you copy their math homework in 6th grade. Don't be a dweeb OP

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Everyone thinks others are dweebs until they are in the unemployment line...I've seen it more than 5 times this year for this kind of stuff. Everyone acts like a hardo until they are on the chopping block...just sayin...

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Without fail. Always. ALWAYS.

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I'm of the what time did I land crowd.

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That's fair. It's your choice to believe what you hear on FB. Godspeed and Good luck!

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Does EY allow you to fly out Sunday night?

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Every time. I go out to dinner with my friends at other firms if we get back early enough.

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I wouldn't. You may get in trouble

Agreed with EY2!

Home airport - sometimes

I was told not to because I'm not on the client site. And I know people who have gotten audited for it. So I'd advise against personally.

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