tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post3309045867236657791..comments2024-03-10T05:26:42.148-04:00Comments on My Biased Coin: Daily UpdatesMichael Mitzenmacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06738274256402616703noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-21389929041845695102011-05-17T17:26:24.690-04:002011-05-17T17:26:24.690-04:00Anon/Mike: I've never been told to claim tax-...Anon/Mike: I've never been told to claim tax-exempt status, and I don't have a departmental credit card. I'd have been happy to oblige if the requirements had been spelled out to me, but they're the sort of thing the financial office springs on you afterward. <br /><br />Anon #3: I'm well aware the comments might be self-serving. In my case, they won't affect the student grade, they'll still make me (and I imagine other profs) feel good, and they'll help me remember the student in future interactions. So still a win all around.Michael Mitzenmacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02161161032642563814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-1997604147342992012011-05-17T16:30:23.580-04:002011-05-17T16:30:23.580-04:00To any students reading the blog, I encourage you ...<i>To any students reading the blog, I encourage you to send such notes.</i><br /><br />Interesting. You wouldn't ever interpret such a note as self-serving?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-63474080397875483162011-05-17T16:06:19.237-04:002011-05-17T16:06:19.237-04:00When we take out candidates or visitors for dinner...When we take out candidates or visitors for dinner at Princeton (and use a departmental credit card), we can and do exempt the sales tax from the meal. I know that happened at Cornell as well. <br /><br />Are you sure you can't, or if it's just an issue of demonstrating official university business (presumably what the CC allows, as it has a tax exempt id number printed on the front)?Mike Freedmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-70095546193648022662011-05-17T09:59:40.456-04:002011-05-17T09:59:40.456-04:00I'm not at Harvard, but at another Ivy League ...I'm not at Harvard, but at another Ivy League institution. My school suggests claiming tax-exempt status during a normal dinner at a restaurant for a candidate, and doing this for large seminar dinners frequently saves a fair bit of money. I'm not sure the degree to which this is required, as I've been reimbursed either way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com