Legal Guide for Starting & Running a Small Business

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.