Originally Posted by
Often1
This is also why many businesses have shifted to a per diem system and do not require receipts for the items covered by the per diem. So long as the per diem is fair, most employees tend to like it because it lets them shift things around to their eating habits.
This, of course, does not work for people who have business development responsibilities as their expenses are both unpredictable and possibly ought to be high end.
Easy solution at my last employer. Per diems were split into meals to allow partial claim on travel days. Business development people would just substitute a meal with receipt and include prospect/client details. (deducting that meal's per diem allowance).
Certain circumstances also resulted in similar partial per diems reductions such as a team dinner.