Legal Guide for Starting & Running a Small Business
eBook - PDF

Legal Guide for Starting & Running a Small Business

  1. 385 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Legal Guide for Starting & Running a Small Business

About this book

Nolo’s Legal Guide for Starting & Running a Small Business is the all-in-one business law book!

When you run a small business, legal questions come up almost daily. Ignoring them can threaten your enterprise. But hiring a lawyer every time a routine issue arises can hurt the bottom line. Fortunately, you have another alternative—Nolo’s Legal Guide for Starting & Running a Small Business.

This book will help you avoid costly legal and tax problems. A comprehensive and practical guide for opening and running a small business, this edition clearly explains how to:

  • pick the proper business structure
  • get licenses and permits
  • negotiate a favorable lease
  • protect yourself with the right insurance
  • create binding contracts
  • hire, fire, and manage employees
  • cope with financial problems
  • protect your personal assets, and
  • save on business taxes.

The 19th edition is completely updated with the latest business tax laws and figures, and includes best practices recommendations for raising startup money, purchasing insurance, classifying workers, extending credit, and much more. This easy-to-read book provides a vast amount of information about setting up and running any kind of small business. It’s filled with useful guidance, relevant examples, and simple explanations of complicated subjects. 

Whether you’re a sole proprietor or an LLC or corporation, a one-person business operating out of your home, or a larger company with staff, this book will help you start and run a successful business.

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Information

Publisher
NOLO
Year
2025
Print ISBN
9781413333077
eBook ISBN
9781413333084
Edition
19
Subtopic
Business Law

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Your Legal Companion for Starting and Running a Small Business
  6. 1. Which Legal Form Is Best for Your Business?
  7. 2. Structuring a Partnership Agreement
  8. 3. Creating a Corporation
  9. 4. Creating a Limited Liability Company
  10. 5. Preparing for Ownership Changes With a Buyout Agreement
  11. 6. Branding Your Business and Products
  12. 7. Licenses and Permits
  13. 8. Tax Basics for the Small Business
  14. 9. Raising Money for Your Business
  15. 10. Buying a Business
  16. 11. Franchises: How Not to Get Burned
  17. 12. Insuring Your Business
  18. 13. Negotiating a Favorable Lease
  19. 14. Home-Based Business
  20. 15. Employees and Independent Contractors
  21. 16. Website Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policies
  22. 17. Legal Requirements for Dealing With Customers
  23. 18. Cash, P2P Payments, Credit Cards, Checks, and Cryptocurrency
  24. 19. Extending Credit and Getting Paid
  25. 20. Put It in Writing: Small Business Contracts
  26. 21. The Financially Troubled Business
  27. Appendix: Checklist for Starting a Small Business
  28. Index
  29. Book Registration