This section explains when expenses must be kept separate and when expenses can be combined. Each separate payment is generally considered a separate expense. For example, if you entertain a customer or client at dinner and then go to the theater, the dinner expense and the cost of the theater tickets are two separate expenses. You must record them separately in your records. You can make one daily entry in your record for reasonable categories of expenses.
Examples are taxi fares, telephone calls, or other incidental travel costs.
Meals should be in a separate category. You can include tips for meal-related services with the costs of the meals. Expenses of a similar nature occurring during the course of a single event are considered a single expense. For example, if during entertainment at a cocktail lounge, you pay separately for each serving of refreshments, the total expense for the refreshments is treated as a single expense. Allocating total cost.