2024 Guide to Deducting Travel, Meals and Entertainment Expenses
4.00 Credits
Member Price $129
Non-Member Price $159
Overview
This program will explain the new rules for deducting travel, meals and entertainment expenses and the TCJA disallowance of business entertainment expenses. Documentation requirements and planning opportunities related to travel, entertainment, and automobile expenses will also be addressed.
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Highlights
- Recent tax legislation, rules and developments impacting travel and meals expense reporting
- Adequate accounting rules for reimbursements, including accountable plans, going paperless, reimbursement for non-deductible expenses
- Reporting travel expenses: travel status, simplified per diem
- "Directly related to" and associated with" tests
- Facility vs. activity expenses
- 9 exceptions to Section 274
- Business meals: IRS Notice 2018-76; 2023 mileage and per diem rates
Prerequisites
Basic working knowledge of business expense reporting
Designed For
Practitioners, members in industry, or personnel responsible for payroll tax reporting or determining and reviewing travel and entertainment deductions
Objectives
- Gain insight on the "big picture" in this complex area
- Distinguish the rules of determining travel and entertainment expenses
Preparation
None
Leader(s):
Leader Bios
Douglas Van Der Aa, Federal Tax Workshops
Doug Van Der Aa, CPA, J.D., has been a discussion leader for Federal Tax Workshops, Inc., for the past 10 years. He has extensive experience in leading discussions in conferences, seminars and webinars. Doug has over 20 years of experience, including tax practice in CPA firms and the practice of transactional business and real estate law as an attorney. Formerly, Doug was a tax manager with Hungerford, Aldrin, Nichols & Carter, P.C. in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where his practice concentrated on the tax needs of mid-sized closely held businesses, with their related pass-through entities, complex individual returns including AMT issues, together with their estates and trusts.
Non-Member Price $159
Member Price $129