Claiming Lunches

[Firefly]

Hi Tom, you had said that we can claim lunches on our taxes if we serve one component and I didn’t know that. I read in your blog this would go on form 1040X if we amend this. Exactly where on this form would that go and can I go back 3 years?

[TomCopeland]

Originally Posted by Firefly

Hi Tom, you had said that we can claim lunches on our taxes if we serve one component and I didn’t know that. I read in your blog this would go on form 1040X if we amend this. Exactly where on this form would that go and can I go back 3 years?

When you amend your tax return you will redo Schedule C to show the higher food deduction. Then you will fill out Form 1040 and Schedule SE to reflect this change and finally Form 1040X. You can go back 3 years.