50% or 100% meal expense?

[cindychenhe74]

Hire day labor and myself work on rental property, provide meal to day labor and myself. Should I calculate full payment of meal of or 50% of the meal as expense? 

[HollyP]

In TurboTax, you enter in 100% of the total meal expenses, in the section titled 50% meal limitation. TurboTax will automatically limit the total meal expense entered to 50% accurately. Please see our article for more info: What types of meal and entertainment expenses are 100% ...