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You can deduct these as 100%. Considered Refreshments for clients and not a meal.
With the business entertainment deduction repealed for tax years 2018-2025, some people (including us) were left wondering if going out to dinner with a business associate or taking clients to happy hour is considered "entertainment" and therefore not deductible.
To provide interim guidance, the IRS issued Notice 2018-76, which states that business meals aren't treated as entertainment (which means they're still 50% deductible) as long as all five of these conditions are met:
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