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Oct. 2, 2014

Free meals, with an IRS bill on the side

Free meals provided by employers appear to have piqued the interest of the Internal Revenue Service, which recently identified the freebies as a focus for the coming year.


By Laura Hautala


Daily Journal Staff Writer


There may truly be no such thing as a free lunch, and in fact, you might owe taxes on that meal. Free meals provided by employers appear to have piqued the interest of the Internal Revenue Service, which recently identified the freebies as a focus for the coming year.


Companies like Google Inc. famously hire chefs and set up cafeterias for workers, but the tax code counts free meals as a form of com...

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