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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DH works for a European based company. They didn't include the US team in the holiday party and instead [b]said take your spouse [/b]out to a nice holiday dinner and expense it.

What amount do you think is reasonable for a "nice holiday dinner"?[/quote]

That's illegal. [/quote]

How so? It's no different than a spouse accompanying the employee to a company paid holiday party. [/quote]
It doesn’t meet the tax requirements to “expense it” if that’s the manner it was used. [/quote]

Who said they were going to deduct it[/quote]
If you say that in the business tax world, it often infers they will.
If the business does it properly, then no it’s not illegal. But it seems it would be easier to just give them a bonus instead of telling them to go out and expense it and that’s why the person said it doesn’t sound legal. [/quote]

Yeah the wording is sketchy, but maybe they will do the accounting above board.  But as to why the company may do it this way is possibly because this was an afterthought, and they're trying to create some sense of parity.  Also, adding $200 extra into a paycheck doesn't really have the same feel as "take your spouse out for a nice dinner on us -- sorry we couldnt have you at our party this year!"[/quote]

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