Bay Area cities are cracking down on free food at tech companies

Re:Bay Area cities are cracking down on free food at tech co... by hellisothers on Thursday July 26, 2018 @08:29PM (#17622552)

Problem is the employee is taxed on those funds AND those funds aren’t tax deductible for the employer like dine in (50%) or in house food (100%) so it’s nowhere near comperable.

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Re:Bay Area cities are cracking down on free food at tech co... by pyrale on Friday July 27, 2018 @03:54AM (#17624266)

It sounds reasonable that the richest industry/workers in the area don't get free perks at the expense of other taxpayers.

Non-financial compensations are taxed in many countries, I really don't see what's wrong here.

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Re:Bay Area cities are cracking down on free food at tech co... by midasz on Friday July 27, 2018 @05:17AM (#17624625)

You just summoned the libertarians haha

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Re:Bay Area cities are cracking down on free food at tech co... by sokoloff on Friday July 27, 2018 @05:16AM (#17624616)

Money paid to employees in this way is tax-deductible to the employer, same as the rest of the employee’s salary is.

(It is worse for the employee, of course.)

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