By all means, attend the holiday office gathering and have a good time.
Most American sock exhibitionists, on the other hand (or foot, as the case may be), look like victims of holiday office-party gift exchanges.
An invite to the office holiday party should be extended to all employees to avoid the appearance of simply providing entertainment for top level management (the latter would not be 100% deductible).
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Office holiday parties can be fun.
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So as you crowd your local post office this holiday season, look around and realize that the clock is ticking.
It found that 49% of all workers expect to spend some time in the office this holiday season shopping online, on par with past years.
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Several years ago, noticing uneaten fruit piling up in our office as holiday gifts from vendors, I wondered how much we spent for cards, fruit, nuts and candy for customers.
But it is not just hotels, office blocks and holiday resorts that are rising skywards from the sands.
They seem confident that their mainframes will survive New Year's Eve 1999 without a hiccup but they may be unable to get into their office after the holiday to see it for themselves, or may have to shiver in an unheated room while they do.
Ran up the three flights of stairs to an office with some still remaining holiday lights and a plate of cookies.
He generally participates in ensemble casts -- Anna Karenina, the Sherlock Holmes franchise, Soderbergh's Contagion, The Holiday -- making his singular box office appeal somewhat more elusive.
She was referring to the Holiday Inn rooftop pool Tom's office looked down on, and Tom's tendency to get right up to the glass with his butt cheeks.
My Warbeast parts should be waiting for me in the office when I return from the holiday break.
But even the holiday leftover that have been sustaining the box office, like Skyfall and Twilight, are expected to sputter this weekend.
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Two men from Greater Manchester have died in a road crash while on holiday in Thailand, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) confirmed.
Nevertheless, opponents like to point out that the Congressional Budget Office has scored a corporate tax holiday as a net revenue loss that would add to the deficit.
Thanks in large part to the continued strong performance of Skyfall, the box office for the five-day holiday weekend was up almost 30% over last Thanksgiving, according to Exhibitor Relations.
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As you transition into post-holiday life, let your time away from the office fuel your work ethic rather than stifle it.
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Right now U.S. office workers are taking off for a holiday weekend.
Employees will appreciate hearing how to best handle vacation requests, and have a reminder of office holidays and any work-related holiday celebrations.
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Now Hollywood, which reportedly counts on the holiday season for nearly a quarter of its box office business, can only hope they are.
If you, office superwoman, are experiencing the post-holiday slump, chances are your officemates are feeling it, too.
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Last year British holiday firm Thomson warned 12, 000 employees that any office romance that led to favoritism or discrimination would trigger disciplinary action.
They like to see employees arriving early and staying late, not taking their holidays or if they do, contacting the office or doing their e-mails while on holiday.
Holiday woes continue to follow the U.S. Post Office (USPS).
Mr Rowland pleaded guilty in December to accepting paid vacations to Las Vegas and Vermont and repairs to his holiday home in return for influence within the governor's office.
Similarly, if you are self employed or running a furnished holiday letting business and you are using a room at home as an office, it should be possible to claim a tax deduction for some of the house running expenses such as heat, light, business use of telephone, painting and decorating, etc.
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