WASHINGTON – It may be an odd gesture at a time of social distancing, but President Donald Trump is leaning into his plea to Congress to restore full tax benefits prized by business for fine dining and schmoozing.
Trump is seizing on the pandemic crisis to push for an item on his economic wish list: full tax deductions for business meals in restaurants and for other entertainment expenses.
Tax relief for fine dining and the like clashes with the reality of social separation urged by the government as a critical measure to contain the coronavirus.
Restaurants and sports stadiums, with their corporate boxes, sit empty across the country. But Trump argues that restoring the corporate tax deductions could help shore up the pulverized