topic Can a self-employed person claim meal expenses? Ex: A painter who frequently eats lunch out during business day when at a job in Deductions & credits https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/can-a-self-employed-person-claim-meal-expenses-ex-a-painter-who-frequently-eats-lunch-out-during/01/664488#M87075 Thu, 06 Jun 2019 09:51:34 GMT bartelsonpaintin 2019-06-06T09:51:34Z Can a self-employed person claim meal expenses? Ex: A painter who frequently eats lunch out during business day when at a job https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/can-a-self-employed-person-claim-meal-expenses-ex-a-painter-who-frequently-eats-lunch-out-during/01/664488#M87075 Thu, 06 Jun 2019 09:51:34 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/can-a-self-employed-person-claim-meal-expenses-ex-a-painter-who-frequently-eats-lunch-out-during/01/664488#M87075 bartelsonpaintin 2019-06-06T09:51:34Z Yes, as a self-employed person, you can claim meal expens... https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/yes-as-a-self-employed-person-you-can-claim-meal-expens/01/664491#M87076 <P>Yes, as a self-employed person, you can claim meal expenses when working at a job, but only at 50% of the actual costs.</P><P>Please read this TurboTax FAQ for more information:</P><P> <A href="https://ttlc.intuit.com/replies/3300652" target="_blank">https://ttlc.intuit.com/replies/3300652</A> <BR /> </P><BR /> Thu, 06 Jun 2019 09:51:35 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/yes-as-a-self-employed-person-you-can-claim-meal-expens/01/664491#M87076 MinhT 2019-06-06T09:51:35Z