{"id":22806,"date":"2021-04-19T08:00:08","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T13:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/taxprocenter.proconnect.intuit.com\/?p=22806"},"modified":"2021-04-19T09:50:51","modified_gmt":"2021-04-19T14:50:51","slug":"guidance-issued-on-tax-relief-on-deductions-for-food-or-beverages-from-restaurants-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/accountants.intuit.com\/taxprocenter\/tax-law-and-news\/guidance-issued-on-tax-relief-on-deductions-for-food-or-beverages-from-restaurants-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Guidance issued on tax relief on deductions for food or beverages from restaurants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Treasury Department and the IRS have issued\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/pub\/irs-drop\/n-21-25.pdf\"title=\"\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"false noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Notice 2021-25<\/a>, providing guidance under the <a href=\"https:\/\/accountants.intuit.com\/taxprocenter\/tax-law-and-news\/congress-passes-sweeping-year-end-tax-legislation\/\"title=\"\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"false noopener\">Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Relief Act of 2020<\/a>. 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