Done right, a holiday party can be tax-free to the employees (always appreciated) and tax-deductible to the company.
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Sadly, with such an intriguing club guest list, it had all the makings of a really swell holiday party.
People actually demanded to be paid for attending the company holiday party (a lack-luster affair, as you can imagine).
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Have the holiday party, says Hunt, but save money by getting everyone involved.
Want to crash the Facebook holiday party tonight and hang out with Zuck?
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He met Google cofounders Larry Page and Sergey Brin at a holiday party when their company was still called Backrub.
At his annual holiday party, he plugged in a portable public address system and performed a song for his guests.
We had our Holiday party in late December and talked a lot as a team about why this is so rewarding.
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Similarly, if you entertain business and nonbusiness individuals at the same holiday party, you must divide your entertainment expenses between the two.
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Katelyn had an allergic reaction and died after eating peanuts in the Chinese food her class had brought in for a holiday party.
Sleigh bells ringing, children singing and celebrities banking mega-bucks for doing what the rest of us have to pay for: attending a hot holiday party.
That brings me back to a key point: remember that a holiday party is generally meant to acknowledge the service of all of your employees.
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Repeating the same holiday party each year, or even twice in a row, does a disservice to your company whether you immediately notice it or not.
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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When she asked me to donate to the station and come to the holiday party, I donated to the station, put on a festive tie, and brought a fruitcake to the holiday party.
Wharton marketing professor Americus Reed and doctoral students Amit Bhattacharjee (now a visiting professor at Dartmouth) and Jonathan Berman were chatting at the department holiday party when the conversation turned to current events.
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At Google 's holiday party, some employees dressed to the nines while others wore whatever they had on at work that day to enjoy an evening of food, music and playing old-school videogames inside a music arena next to the company's Mountain View, Calif.
Irene Baran, CEO of Palo Alto-based Speck Products, a maker of protective cases for electronic devices, says her company isn't positioned to purchase a suite but that she plans to host the company's holiday party at an event area there once the new stadium opens.
Lara Shriftman, publicist and party-giver extraordinaire (her line of party products is sold on the Home Shopping Network) throws a holiday party every year for Lulu Flynn, her 3-year-old miniature Shih Tzu, and Lulu's doggy pals, including actress Lara Flynn Boyle's Shih Tzu, Greta Garbo, and tennis champ Serena Williams' Jack Russell, Jackie.
At Google 's (nasdaq: GOOG - news - people ) holiday party, some employees dressed to the nines while others wore whatever they had on at work that day to enjoy an evening of food, music and playing old-school videogames inside a music arena next to the company's Mountain View, Calif.
Curry spent her cash on a holiday, a party dress for her daughter and general living costs.
Most American sock exhibitionists, on the other hand (or foot, as the case may be), look like victims of holiday office-party gift exchanges.
North Goa, best known for its package holiday- and party-friendly resorts of Calangute, Baga and Candolim, as well as its flea market at hippyish Anjuna, also offers a whole host of atmospheric delights for those keen to experience a slice of life of an older, more "authentic" Goa.
Yes, it's true that the last major holiday you hosted a party for was Independence Day.
Cane-growers spend Christmas in a panic, and the negroes don't have their party and holiday until after the New Year...
More recently, however, those laurels have fallen on wine alone, as a dinner party offering or holiday toast.
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