Self employed

No, your business meals need to be entered as meals whether they were travel meals or other business meals. 

Meals can be 100% or 50% deductible:

100% - 

• Business meals purchased at a restaurant
• Company parties
• Food made available to the public for free
• Meals for children at daycare facility
• Other meals (100% limit) expenses

50% - 

• Meals during business travel
• Meals while conducting business
• Meals at a seminar or conference
• Office snacks
• Other meals expenses

To enter meals in TurboTax Online you can follow these steps:

1. Within your tax return use the magnifying glass icon to search for Schedule C
2. Click the Jump to link
3. Click Edit for the line of work
4. Scroll down to Expenses and click Start or Edit if the category you want is shown (you may need both categories Meals (100% limit) and Meals (50% limit)
   • If you don't see the category you want listed click Add expenses for this work
   • Scroll to and mark the box for the category of expense you want to add - if you don't see it on the list, scroll down to the Less Common section and click the down arrow and show more until you do
   • Click Continue

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