Legal Guide for Starting & Running a Small Business - Softcover

Steingold, Fred S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 141332407X ISBN 13: 9781413324075

Publisher: Nolo, 2017

Synopsis

The all-in-one business law book

Whether you’re just starting a small business, or your business is already up and running, legal questions crop up on an almost daily basis. Ignoring them can threaten your enterprise—but hiring a lawyer to help with routine issues can devastate the bottom line.

The Legal Guide for Starting & Running a Small Business has helped more than a quarter million entrepreneurs and business owners master the basics, including how to:

• raise start-up money
• decide between an LLC or other business structure
• save on business taxes
• get licenses and permits
• choose the right insurance
• negotiate contracts and leases
• avoid problems if you’re buying a franchise
• hire and manage employees and independent contractors
• attract and keep customers (and get paid on time), and
• limit your liability and protect your personal assets.
  

The 15th edition is completely updated with the latest legal information and tax rules for small businesses. Whether you’re a sole proprietor or an LLC or corporation, or a one-person business operating out of your home, or a company with a large staff leasing space, this book will help you start and run a successful business.

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Review

"An unusually helpful approach to the start-up process covers a lot of basics, from negotiating a lease to representing yourself in small claims court." Inc. Magazine

"Get a basic understanding of small business legal issues... [with] this excellent resource...." The Wall Street Journal

"Pick up a copy of Nolo's Legal Guide for Starting & Running a Small Business.... It's a great resource." Seattle Post-Intelligencer

"Balances its wealth of reproducible documents with straightforward 'how-to' instructions and advice..." The Bookwatch

"...exceptionally valuable, with forms and contracts written in straightforward language." American Reference Books Annual

"Provides instructions for completing the contracts required when forming a corporation, borrowing money, buying a business, leasing an office, hiring employees and selling goods." Reference & Research Book News
"Whether just starting a small business, or already engaged with a business is already up and running, legal questions crop up on an almost daily basis. Ignoring them can threaten any enterprise -- but hiring a lawyer to help with routine issues can devastate the bottom line. Now in a fully updated and expanded 15th edition, "The Legal Guide for Starting & Running a Small Business" by Attorney Fred S. Steingold (who practices law in Ann Arbor, Michigan and is an expert on small business law, representing and advising many small businesses) includes how to: raise start-up money, decide between an LLC or other business structure, save on business taxes, get licenses and permits, choose the right insurance, negotiate contracts and leases, avoid problems if you're buying a franchise, hire and manage employees and independent contractors, attract and keep customers (and get paid on time), and limit personal liability while protecting personal assets. Including the latest legal information and tax rules for small businesses, "The Legal Guide for Starting & Running a Small Business"is an ideal and practical reference for the sole proprietorship, or an LLC or corporation, or a one-person business operating out of their home, or a company with a large staff leasing space. Thoroughly 'user friendly' in organization and presentation, and very highly recommended for company, community, and academic library Business Management collections, "Legal Guide for Starting & Running a Small Business" is the next best thing to having a personal attorney on retainer."Midwest Book Review, James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief

About the Author

Attorney Fred S. Steingold practices law in Ann Arbor, Michigan. HIs main practice areas are real estate law and business law. He is the author of several Nolo books, including Legal Guide for Starting & Running a Small Business and The Employer's Legal Handbook, and serves on the advisory panel for Nolo's Essential Guide for Buying Your First Home.

Edition details

• Publisher: Nolo
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 141332407X
• ISBN 13: 9781413324075
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 441