Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright 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 -- Proprietorship -- General Partnership -- Corporation -- Limited Partnership -- Limited Liability Company -- Limited Liability Partnership -- Massachusetts S-Corporations versus Massachusetts LLCs -- Start-Up Procedures -- Required Contacts -- Business Comparison Chart -- Business Start-up Checklist -- Chapter 3: Your Business Name -- Name Searches -- Fictitious Names -- Corporate Names -- Professional Corporations -- The Word "Limited" -- Domain Names -- Trademarks -- Chapter 4: Financing Your Business -- Growing with Profits -- Using Your Savings -- Borrowing Money -- Getting a Rich Partner -- Selling Ownership Interests in Your Business -- 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 -- Home Businesses -- State Regulated Professions -- Federal Licenses -- Chapter 7: Contract Laws -- Traditional Contract Law -- Statutory Contract Law -- Preparing Your Contracts -- Chapter 8: Insurance -- Workers' Compensation -- Unemployment Insurance -- Liability Insurance -- Hazard Insurance -- Home Business Insurance -- Automobile Insurance -- Health Insurance -- Employee Theft -- Chapter 9: Health and Safety Laws -- OSHA -- EPA -- FDA -- Hazardous Material Transportation -- CPSC -- Additional Regulations -- Smoking -- Chapter 10: Employment and Labor Laws -- Hiring Laws -- New Hire Reporting -- Employment Agreements.

Independent Contractors -- Temporary Workers -- Firing Laws -- 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 11: Advertising and Promotion Laws -- Advertising Laws and Rules -- Internet Sales Laws -- Home Solicitation Laws -- Telephone Solicitation Laws -- Pricing, Weights, and Labeling -- Email Advertising -- Chapter 12: Payment and Collection -- Cash -- Checks -- Credit Cards -- Financing Laws -- Usury -- Collections -- Chapter 13: Business Relations Laws -- The Uniform Commercial Code -- Commercial Discrimination -- Restraining Trade -- Intellectual Property Protection -- Chapter 14: Endless Laws -- Federal Laws -- Massachusetts Laws -- Chapter 15: Your Business and the Internet -- Domain Names -- Web Pages -- Legal Issues -- Financial Transactions -- FTC Rules -- Fraud -- 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 -- Federal Unemployment Compensation Taxes -- Chapter 18: Paying Massachusetts Taxes -- Sales and Use Tax -- Corporate Excise (Income) Tax -- Unemployment Compensation Taxes -- Chapter 19: Out-of-State Taxes -- Business Taxes -- Internet Taxes -- Canadian Taxes -- Chapter 20: The End... and the Beginning -- Glossary -- Appendix A: Sample Filled-In Forms -- Appendix B: Tax Timetable and Ready-to-Use Forms -- Index -- Ad Pages -- Back Cover.