The ceiling of entertainment expenses of a corporation in2020

Date: June 25, 2021

I. Introduction

This post will briefly look into the limit of entertainment expenses of a corporation in 2020.

II. Entertainment Expense

"Entertainment expense" meansentertainment expense, social expense, honorarium, or other expenses of asimilar nature, however named, spent by a domestic corporation for smoothlyconducting business with those directly or indirectly related to its business.

III. Cultural Entertainment Expenses

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IV. The ceiling of Corporate entertainment Expenses

Basic limit + additional limit based on amountof income + cultural entertainment expenses

1) The ceiling of general entertainmentexpenses

2) Limits based on the amount of income

* It is applied to corporations which start itsbusiness after Jan 1, 2020

2-1) Temporary expansion of the limit ofentertainment expenses

* It is applied to corporations which start itsbusiness after Mar 23, 2020

2-2) Application rate of income amountgenerated from transactions with special related party

3) The ceiling of cultural entertainmentexpenses

For cultural entertainment expenses,entertainment expenses should be adjusted adding the ceiling of generalentertainment expenses to that of cultural entertainment expenses.

① cultural entertainment expenses

② the ceiling of generalentertainment expenses x 20%

4) The ceiling of entertainment expenses ofcorporations whose major business is leasing service

Entertainment expenses of businesses whosemajor business is leasing service is acknowledged 50 percent of generalentertainment expenses.

5) The ceiling of entertainment expenses ofgovernment-invested institutions

In terms of government-invested institutions,70 percent of the entertainment expenses are acknowledged.

① Government-invested institutions

② Corporations invested by thegovernment-invested institutions as a largest shareholder

Government-invested institutions refers tothe ones that government makes more than 20 percent of investment.

 

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