Director meeting - cost of the meal.

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If two directors meet in a restaurant for a directors meeting can the price of the meal be claimed for?

 

 

 

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By Tim Vane
22nd Feb 2017 11:36

They are the directors. It's up to them what policy they decide on for what they can claim as expenses.

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By Jane Wanless
22nd Feb 2017 12:53

I think Tim's answer is correct, but has the wrong question been asked?

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By becca.S
22nd Feb 2017 15:05

Thank you Tim and Jane,

We have the majority of our meetings on private premises but now and then when we can't do so - we meet when we are both working in London and have the director's meeting at a restaurant ( not the Ivy) max meal total around £30.

Thank you,

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By I'msorryIhaven'taclue
22nd Feb 2017 17:32

becca.S wrote:

Thank you Tim and Jane,

..we meet when we are both working in London and have the director's meeting at a restaurant ( not the Ivy) max meal total around £30.

You're not getting it, Becca. You must tell the panel...

(i) Is working in London a regular occurrence for either director, and does that involve substantial travel?

(ii) What exactly goes on at those directors' meetings?

(iii) What's wrong with The Ivy?

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By Dick Stastey
22nd Feb 2017 17:40

Becca also still needs to ask the right questions too.

You should have appreciated that with your "very particular set of skills".

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By I'msorryIhaven'taclue
23rd Feb 2017 10:32

Dick Stastey wrote:

Becca also still needs to ask the right questions too.

Yes, Jane had already made reference to that.

Dick Stastey wrote:

You should have appreciated that with your "very particular set of skills".

I have no idea to which particular skills of mine you allude, or for that matter who you might be quoting; but I'll raise my glass anyway.

btw there's no 'e' in tasty.

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By mrme89
23rd Feb 2017 10:30

The film 'Taken' presumably.

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By I'msorryIhaven'taclue
23rd Feb 2017 10:38

Ahha, stupid me! A lot of people tell me I look like Liam Neeson.

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By Dick Stastey
23rd Feb 2017 10:55

I recently saw a prune that looked like Liam Neeson. I think. Or perhaps it was the other way around.

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By I'msorryIhaven'taclue
23rd Feb 2017 11:14

Dick Stastey wrote:

I recently saw a prune that looked like Liam Neeson. I think. Or perhaps it was the other way around.

You mean Liam Neeson saw a prune and thought it looked like you?

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By Dick Stastey
23rd Feb 2017 10:32

Thank you for the spelling lesson.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgmO32IdwuE

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By Matrix
22nd Feb 2017 17:52

If you are travelling on business then both the travel and subsistence are deductible. If this is an ordinary commute then the staff entertaining is deductible but there is a benefit in kind (or it could count towards your £300 per annum trivial benefits). Maybe going to the Ivy would be stretching subsistence (although I recall the food was quite minimalist or maybe I was too busy star spotting to eat).

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