When people first work from home, they often feel isolated and miss the social life they enjoyed at their workplace. What sometimes looks like a great benefit may, ironically, become a disappointment. Sure you’re glad to give up the commute and business attire, but you also give up the camaraderie...
According to the United States Census Bureau, nearly 4.2 million people worked from home in 2000. No long commute, no sweating over finding a parking space, no dressing up, no staff meetings—what’s not to like? On the other hand, when you work from home and problems arise, it’s up to...
Offices at home are a growing phenomenon, whether used for a home-based business or for telecommuting. And while there is no way to substitute for all the conveniences to be found in a 15-story high-rise office complex, a home office can be made into an efficient workspace.The real challenge to...
There's no place like home, especially when you get to work there too. While others deal with frustrating commutes and noisy cubicles, you're getting ahead and getting things done. Or are you? Without proper planning and organization, your home office may do more to hinder your productivity than enhance it....
TO DEDUCT, or not to deduct--that has long been the question for those who keep home offices. You are allowed to deduct home-office expenses ranging from repairs to mortgage interest to utilities and depreciation. But if you eventually sell the house, those deductions could come back to haunt you in...
In 1993, the U.S. Supreme Court made a landmark decision regarding the deductibility for tax purposes of a home office. In handing down what has become known as the "Soliman Decision" (after the doctor whose home office deduction was denied In 1993, the U.S. Supreme Court...
SOUTH PASADENA, Calif. -- Cogent Systems (Nasdaq:COGT) today announced that the United Kingom's UK Home Office has selected Cogent to provide software for the UKvisas Biometrics Program. The software solution will support the capture of both fingerprint and facial images.
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration, responding to intense criticism, is expected to formally assure employers that home offices are exempt from the Occupational Safety and Health Act. During Senate testimony scheduled to be deli The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration, responding...
Leading practitioner Paul Davis has said the UK will never become a 'major world leader in architecture' as long as Home Office regulations keep British firms from hanging on to vital foreign staff.Leading practitioner Paul Davis has said the UK will never become a 'major world leader in architecture' as...
TORONTO-With 21 furniture stores up-and-running and 30 planned by year's end, Sears Canada is making an aggressive foray into the home office market with a comprehensive selection of home office and commercial grade small office furniture. Dan Weare, TORONTO-With 21 furniture stores up-and-running and 30 planned...
Limits remain on home-office deductions for self-employeds, despite an easing of the income tax rules on home offices a few years ago. Limits remain on home-office deductions for self-employeds, despite an easing of the income tax rules on home offices a few years ago.
At The Market-- Home office and home entertainment specialist Aspen Furniture Designs has hired Bryan Edwards to the new position of vice president of sales for the eastern region. At The Market-- Home office and home entertainment specialist Aspen Furniture Designs has hired Bryan Edwards...
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has formally assured employers that they are not responsible for the safety of home offices, but the controversy is not over. Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wy., said he is still considering legislation st The U.S. Occupational Safety...
In the wake of OSHA's short-lived attempt to regulate telecommuters' home offices, several witnesses at a House hearing charged that the government regularly circumvents time-consuming rulemaking requirements by simply writing letters which appear In the wake of OSHA's short-lived attempt to regulate ...
The issue may have slipped out of the headlines, but the legislative fallout from OSHA's home office "bombshell" is only beginning. Congressman Pete Hoekstra, R-Mich., along with five Democrats and seven Republicans, has introduced The issue may...
Internal Revenue Service IRS regulations on tax deductions for home offices have been further clarified in Revenue Ruling 94-24. The ruling holds that the IRS will use two tests to determine whether a home office is the principal place where a taxpayer Internal Revenue Service IRS regulations on tax deductions...
The first thing the president of Burger King noticed after Hurricane Andrew had wrecked the firm's $57 million Miami home office complex in august of last year was the bright new vista, through his shattered office wall, across Biscayne Bay and the A The first thing...
A MAN'S-OR WOMAN'S-HOME is indeed his or her castle, at least as far as the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is concerned when it comes to telecommuting white-collar workers. "OSHA will not hold employers liable for work activity A MAN'S-OR WOMAN'S-HOME is indeed...
Experts are predicting the U.S. work force increasingly will disperse into smaller office spaces and remote locations - such as home offices - in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks. Companies and their employees might feel vulnerable or uncomfortabl Experts are predicting...
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