Front Cover -- Title Page -- Contents -- Using Self-Help Law Books -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Deciding to Start a Business -- Know Your Strengths -- Know Your Business -- Do the Math -- Sources of Further Guidance -- Chapter 2: Choosing the Form of Your Business -- Basic Forms of Doing Business -- Making Your Choice -- Start-up Procedures -- Business Start-up Checklist -- Chapter 3: Registering the Name of Your Business -- Preliminary Considerations -- Fictitious Names -- Corporate Names -- Professional Corporations -- Domain Names -- Trademarks -- Chapter 4: Financing Your Business -- Bootstrapping -- Using Your Savings -- Borrowing Money -- A Rich Partner -- Selling Shares of Your Business -- Securities Laws -- Using the Internet to Find Capital -- Chapter 5: Locating Your Business -- Working Out of Your Home -- Choosing a Retail Site -- Choosing an Office, Manufacturing, or Warehouse Space -- Leasing a Site -- Buying a Site -- Check Governmental Regulations -- Chapter 6: Licensing Your Business -- Occupational Licenses and Zoning -- State Regulated Professions -- The Department of State, Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs -- Federal Licenses -- Chapter 7: Contract Laws -- Traditional Contract Law -- Statutory Contract Law -- Preparing Your Contracts -- Chapter 8: Insurance Laws -- Workers' Compensation -- Liability Insurance -- Hazard Insurance -- Home Business Insurance -- Automobile Insurance -- Health Insurance -- Employee Theft -- Chapter 9: Your Business and the Internet -- Domain Names -- Web Pages -- Legal Issues -- Financial Transactions -- FTC Rules -- Fraud -- Chapter 10: Health and Safety Laws -- Federal Laws -- Pennsylvania Laws -- Chapter 11: Employment and Labor Laws -- Hiring and Firing Laws -- Firing -- New Hire Reporting -- Employment Agreements -- Independent Contractors -- Temporary Workers.

Discrimination Laws -- Sexual Harassment -- Wage and Hour Laws -- Pension and Benefit Laws -- Family and Medical Leave Law -- Child Labor Laws -- Immigration Laws -- Hiring Off the Books -- Federal Contracts -- Miscellaneous Laws -- Chapter 12: Advertising and Promotion Laws -- Advertising Laws and Rules -- Internet Sales Laws -- Home Solicitation Laws -- Telephone Solicitation Laws -- Pricing, Weights and Labeling -- Chapter 13: Payment and Collection Laws -- Cash -- Checks -- Credit Cards -- Financing Laws -- Usury -- Collections -- Chapter 14: Business Relations Laws -- The Uniform Commercial Code -- Commerical Discrimination -- Restraining Trade -- Intellectual Property Protection -- Chapter 15: Endless Laws -- Federal Laws -- Pennsylvania Laws -- Chapter 16: Bookkeeping and Accounting -- Initial Bookkeeping -- Accountants -- Computer Programs -- Tax Tips -- Chapter 17: Paying Federal Taxes -- Federal Income Tax -- Federal Withholding, Social Security, and Medicare Taxes -- Federal Excise Taxes -- Unemployment Compensation Taxes -- Chapter 18: Paying Pennsylvania Taxes -- Sales and Use Tax -- Miscellaneous Business Taxes -- Personal Property Taxes -- Unemployment Compensation Taxes -- Income Tax -- Chapter 19: Out-of-State Taxes -- State Sales Taxes -- Business Taxes -- Internet Taxes -- Canadian Taxes -- Chapter 20: The End...and the Beginning -- Business Resources -- Glossary -- Appendix A: Sample Filled-In Forms -- Appendix B: Blank Forms -- Index -- Back Cover.