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It seems deductible to me.

You are temporarily out-of-town, away from your "Tax Home" (your home office which seems to be your "Principal Place of Business").  That makes the meals and lodging expenses deductible.

https://www.irs.gov/publications/p587#en_US_2016_publink1000226302

A "possible" exception would be if they provided all of the meals.  If that is the case, I would need to research that.

Generally, you use 3/4 of the Meal Per Diem for days to and from the temporary location, and the full amount for the full days that you are there.  You enter the full amount into TurboTax, then the program will apply a 50% limitation.



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