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“Who Should Pay At A Business Dinner? Help!”

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Money News Network

Education, Business, Self-improvement

4.7441 Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2026

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

When the check comes at the end of a business dinner, who should pay? The bigger company? Does that even matter? These are the questions on our Executive Producer Morgan's mind after an awkward fumble at the end of a business dinner with a big tab. Jason gives a framework you can use to assess when you should throw your card down, and what to say if you can't.

Transcript

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I probably would have structured it as an S-Corp at the start. Instead, I had to switch later,

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which was a pain.

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