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Zorro

(17,806 posts) Sat Jul 12, 2025, 10:33 AM Jul 12

Trump Tax Law Quietly Takes Aim at Popular Perk: Office Snacks [View all]

The SkinnyPop in the break room may not last. Donald Trump is targeting the office snack.

The president’s signature tax law allows a long-standing business deduction for the cost of food provided to employees to expire, imperiling a workplace perk popularized during Silicon Valley’s dot-com boom that is now an emblem of modern office culture. A well-stocked pantry is now a staple at Wall Street banks, among other places.

US companies that continue to provide office snacks, coffee or on-site lunches will see them taxed after Dec. 31, when the deduction will be eliminated.

The tax change gained little attention as the sprawling, nearly 1,000-page legislation moved through Congress and it isn’t yet clear how companies will respond.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-tax-law-quietly-takes-140000965.html

No more free snacks at the office, peons! Now get back to work!

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Trump Tax Law Quietly Takes Aim at Popular Perk: Office Snacks [View all] Zorro Jul 12 OP

We never did get free snacks where I worked. Ocelot II Jul 12 #1

At one point they were thinking about taxing employees for these kinds of benefits newdeal2 Jul 12 #2

It's unbelievable how far this oozing festering carbuncle is reaching into people's lives LearnedHand Jul 12 #3

Yup. I don't know why we are not good with creating viral messages or videos newdeal2 Jul 12 #5

Oh, that will pay off the national debt! Turbineguy Jul 12 #4

Wall Street banks lose a tax cut MichMan Jul 12 #6

This is a trivial deduction for major corporations unblock Jul 12 #7

Nothing is being prohibited; there will just no longer be a tax break. MichMan Jul 12 #8

Companies will choose unblock Jul 12 #10

Catering these tax-deductible snack and lunch services has also become a non-trivial industry that will go away... Hugin Jul 12 #9