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Also, food provided in-office is 100% deductible; meals outside are 50%.

Having great food available daily would be a nice hook to bring in open source dev partners, potential employees (especially passive-recruit candidates), potential clients, etc. I know I've gone to Google and Facebook meals on that basis.



Out of curiosity, how do you categorize expenses such that in-office food is covered? I've wondered this before with coffee (getting in-office coffee as deductible, whereas out at Starbucks is 50% at best). Would be interested to learn how you file these expenses for your taxes.


http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p15b.pdf

Basically if it's a "de minimis benefit" (generally, self-serve food is always included unless it's absurdly luxury), you're fine.

Serving it on business premises seems to be the key factor, at a dedicated cafeteria.




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