If you are looking for the right online presence for your recruiting activities, look no further. JobDirect.com was recently ranked the No. 1 student-oriented job-search Web site in an independent study by PC Data Online.JobDirect.com is an online job search and match site devoted to connecting college and graduate-level students with prospective employers. The site is the fourth most-visited college-oriented Internet site according to U.S. rankings.JobDirect.com must give visitors what they are looking for.

The AccountingWEB Friday Wrap-Up Newswire - Issue 27January 28, 2000http://www.accountingweb.comIn the news this week:1. E&Y Launches IT Consultants' Clearinghouse2. Chicago Board of Trade Proposes Split3. Consultants Take Note: The Seven Key Risk Factors In Mergers4. Home Based Office Definition Widened By The IRS5. Business Cards That Sing, Dance and Sell For You6.

Tax season is well under way, so it makes sense that the IRS would begin warning taxpayers about common oversights. One oversight, however, comes with “an additional tax due” letter.The problem involves dependent social security numbers. If a dependent’s social security number doesn’t match the tax return, the IRS will recalculate the tax return as if the dependent did not exist.

For years, consumers with simple tax returns have sought the help of off-the-shelf programs like TurboTax and Quicken, much to the chagrin of the CPA and accounting professional who believes they can become a value-added resource to these programs.

Contact:Mary Dale Walters — 847-267-2038, mediahelp@cch.com Leslie Bonacum — 847-267-7153, bonacuml@cch.comHandy Guide Gives Special Attention to All Categories of Individual Taxpayers.NEW TAX ANGLES FOR SPECIAL TAXPAYERS (2000 EDITION) FROM CCH (RIVERWOODS, ILL., January 18, 2000) – Provisions affecting the many special categories of individual taxpayers – such as investors, seniors, farmers, clergy, students and U.S. citizens living abroad – are strewn throughout the Internal Revenue Code.

How can tax be a good thing?

On July 1, G. Michael Crooch will begin serving his five-year term on the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). He replaces James J.

William Case is the founder of Integrated ChangeWare Systems, a company that specializes in merger integration, multiple organization roll-ups, and strategic change. In a workshop presented for AccountingWEB, Mr.

Good news is in store for clients who have a part-time home office. The IRS has changed their way of thinking in allowing anyone who does part of their work at home qualify for certain deductions.Before now, the Service was very strict in saying that the home office had to be the principal place of business--which had been interpreted as the only place of business.But in a move signaling again a paradigm shift for the Service, anyone who spends time in a home office doing paperwork or handling other matters may now qualify for at least some deductions.