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10 Ways to become indispensable to your boss (well, almost)
Businesses market products and services by creating niches - that's how you should think about your career. While no one is truly indispensable, if you create a niche for yourself at your workplace, and especially with your boss, you will become as vital to the success of your organization as possible.

Lawmakers vow to pass AMT fix before year-end
Late last week the Senate passed legislation to halt the impending increase in the Alternative Minimum Tax, currently poised to affect more than 23 million Americans on their 2007 income tax returns.

IRS agent missing in California
Veronica "Nikki" Ruiz, 25, a criminal investigator for the IRS, is missing in the mountains outside of Mill Valley, California.





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Firm/State News

Holiday office parties, bonuses on the rise in 2007
Employers are expressing gratitude in the form of more holiday parties and paid leave, while participation in charitable activities has dropped substantially from 2006 and 2005. Gift items are becoming rare, as cash and bonuses have replaced the traditional holiday turkey.





Student News

A dozen tips to tame the final exams beast
Think about it. One week can determine up to 40 percent of your final grade in every class. Finals week is where you will either SINK or SWIM. The question is, do you know how to guarantee that both you and your GPA will "float through" finals successfully? The Honors Program at the University of California at Riverside has put together these suggestions for getting through finals week.



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Linda Cavanaugh, CPA: Plugged In
7 Steps to Implement FAS 157 - Fair Value Measurements Disclosures for FAS 157


Linda takes us step-by-step through the implementation of FAS 157 and provides necessary detail about the charts that are needed for disclosure.



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Tech News

Beta version of Microsoft Office Live Workspace is now live
Microsoft Corporation has officially opened its online office document-sharing site. Office Live Workspace is a public open beta site, available to anyone with a Windows Live ID. The focus of the site is the ability for users to share and save documents online.



Editor's Note

The holidays are fast approaching. Office parties, gifts, travel plans, and family are on the minds of most, but our legislators continue to toil away, hoping to arrive at an agreement on how millions of taxpayers can be saved from the dreaded Alternative Minimum Tax before the clock tolls midnight on December 31. The impasse occurs over the issue of whether an AMT fix must be revenue-neutral or not. Democrats who were sent to Washington by the truckload a year ago promised that no tax changes would be made if they were not paid for with offsets. Now that the crunch is here, Dems in the Senate have buckled and agreed to an AMT patch with no offset. The ball is back in the House court and we should see a conclusion to this mess soon. It all boils down to whether the Democrats think they'll get more votes by keeping their election promises or by saving their constituents thousands of dollars in taxes.

Gail Perry
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