When claiming the standard meal allowance for business travel, do you enter the full meal allowance amount yourself and Turbotax reduces it to the 50% allowed? Or do I?

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When claiming the standard meal allowance for business travel, do you enter the full meal allowance amount yourself and Turbotax reduces it to the 50% allowed? Or do I?

When entering this in TurboTax enter the full amount and TurboTax will deduct the 50% when it calculates your total expenses.

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When claiming the standard meal allowance for business travel, do you enter the full meal allowance amount yourself and Turbotax reduces it to the 50% allowed? Or do I?

When entering this in TurboTax enter the full amount and TurboTax will deduct the 50% when it calculates your total expenses.

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