Originally Posted by
Steve in Olympia
Those are job-related expenses. The OP buying event tickets on behalf of a friend, and then being reimbursed by the friend, are not job-related. Nor is my restaurant example job-related. My example is quite apt: Should I report to the IRS when my friends repay me for their meals? The answer, of course, is “no.”
As mentioned above, the friendship is 100% irrelevant. This is high school business 101 level stuff. Please don't spread misinformation on a topic you are not qualified to discuss.