[Vigilanteman]

My point is that in a modern corporation, an employee has little difference from a production machine in role and function. The machine is taxed on the profits it produces. The gas, oil and electricity is a necessary expense to keep the machine operating.

By the same logic, an employee working an eight hour shift ought to be able to have the cost for a business meal count as a necessary expense to keep the human machine operating. If (s)he is working a 12 hour shift or more, then at least two meals.

[TexasGator]

“By the same logic, an employee working an eight hour shift ought to be able to have the cost for a business meal count as a necessary expense to keep the human machine operating. If (s)he is working a 12 hour shift or more, then at least two meals. “

You miss the point. It is a business expense that is deductible by the business. At the same time it is a benefit to the employee and benefits are taxable.