{"id":1152,"date":"2012-12-05T02:30:45","date_gmt":"2012-12-05T07:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/?p=1152"},"modified":"2015-11-15T21:52:55","modified_gmt":"2015-11-16T02:52:55","slug":"gift-ideas-for-your-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/2012\/12\/05\/gift-ideas-for-your-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Gift Ideas for Your Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Buying Christmas gifts for family members is hard enough and now you have to buy something for your staff members too!<\/p>\n<p>Whether you want to give everyone the same gift across the board or make each one a little more personalized, a conversation with your accountant about the &#8220;<strong>expense<\/strong>&#8221; side of gift giving is important.\u00a0 At this point, the IRS still says, the gift limit is $25\/individual in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.irs.gov\/publications\/p463\/index.html\">Publication 463<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few ideas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Gift Certificates<\/strong> \u2013 Gas cards, restaurants, grocery stores.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cash bonus<\/strong> \u2013 Everybody loves cash and and if handled correctly it will be a business expense (ask your accountant the proper way to do this)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Food<\/strong> \u2013 Turkeys, hams, assorted boxes of chocolates, popcorn tins (remember to consider any dietary restrictions)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Extra paid time off<\/strong> \u2013 Many staff members would love an extra couple of days off around the Holidays.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fun for a day<\/strong> \u2013 Have everyone bring a dish and play games, chat and take the afternoon to just goof-off.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Christmas dinner<\/strong> \u2013 Invite your staff members and their significant others to a special Holiday dinner. Alcohol is always optional.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Logo items<\/strong> \u2013 Shirts, coats, mugs filled with candy &#8211; if your logo is on it, it is a marketing expense.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Trolley Ride<\/strong> \u2013 Get everyone on board and travel the city to see the Holiday lights.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The key to staff gift giving<\/strong>:\u00a0 Any of these items should be followed with a personalized note of gratitude for their services from you, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">no<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">matter<\/span><\/strong> what you are able to afford, <em><strong>your gift will be welcomed if it is accompanied by a sincere note of appreciation.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buying Christmas gifts for family members is hard enough and now you have to buy something for your staff members too! Whether you want to give everyone the same gift across the board or make each one a little more personalized, a conversation with your accountant about the &#8220;expense&#8221; side of gift giving is important.\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11,12,13,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-culture","category-business-improvement","category-business-management","category-employee-management"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1152"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3206,"href":"https:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1152\/revisions\/3206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}