Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Using Self-Help Law Books -- Introduction -- Chapter One: Deciding to Start a Business -- Know Your Strengths -- Know Your Business -- Do the Math -- Sources for Further Guidance -- Chapter Two: Choosing and Starting a Form of Business -- Start-Up Procedures -- Start-Up Basics -- Business Comparison Chart -- Business Start-Up Checklist -- Chapter Three: Registering Your Business Name -- Tradenames -- Corporate Names -- Professional Corporations -- Domain Names -- Trademarks -- Chapter Four: Financing Your Business -- Growing with Profits -- Using Your Savings -- Borrowing Money -- A Rich Partner -- Selling Shares of Your Business -- Securities Laws -- Using the Internet to Find Capital -- Chapter Five: Locating Your Business -- Working Out of Your Home -- Choosing a Retail Site -- Choosing Office, Manufacturing, or Warehouse Space -- Leasing a Site -- Buying a Site -- Checking Government Regulations -- Chapter Six: Licensing Your Business -- Occupational Licenses and Zoning -- State Regulated Professions -- Federal Licenses -- Chapter Seven: Contract Laws -- Traditional Contract Law -- Statutory Contract Law -- Preparing Your Contracts -- Chapter Eight: Insurance Laws -- Workers' Compensation -- Liability Insurance -- Hazard Insurance -- Home Business Insurance -- Automobile Insurance -- Health Insurance -- Employee Theft -- Sales Tax Bonds -- Chapter Nine: Your Business and the Internet -- Domain Names -- Web Pages -- Legal Issues -- Financial Transactions -- FTC Rules -- Fraud -- Chapter Ten: Health and Safety Laws -- Federal Laws -- Georgia State Laws -- Chapter Eleven: 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 Act -- Child Labor Laws -- Immigration Laws -- Hiring Off the Books -- Federal Contracts -- Miscellaneous Laws -- Chapter Twelve: Advertising and Promotion Laws -- Advertising Laws and Rules -- Internet Sales Laws -- Home Solicitation Laws -- Telephone Solicitation Laws -- Weights and Labeling -- Chapter Thirteen: Payment and Collection Laws -- Cash -- Checks -- Credit Cards -- Financing Laws -- Usury -- Securities Laws -- Collections -- Refund and Exchange Policies -- Chapter Fourteen: Business Relations Laws -- The Uniform Commercial Code -- Commercial Discrimination -- Restraining Trade -- Intellectual Property Protection -- Chapter Fifteen: Endless Laws -- Federal Laws -- Georgia State Laws -- Chapter Sixteen: Bookkeeping and Accounting -- Initial Bookkeeping -- Accountants -- Computer Programs -- Tax Tips -- Chapter Seventeen: Paying Federal Taxes -- Income Tax -- Withholding, Social Security, and Medicare Taxes -- Excise Tax -- Unemployment Compensation Taxes -- Chapter Eighteen: Paying Georgia State Taxes -- Sales and Use Tax -- Income Tax -- Corporate Net Tax Worth -- Ad Valorem Taxes -- Unemployment Taxes -- Real Property Taxes -- Intangible Taxes -- Real Estate Transfer Taxes -- Excise Taxes -- Chapter Nineteen: Out-of-State Taxes -- State Sales Taxes -- Business Taxes -- Internet Taxes -- Canadian Taxes -- Chapter Twenty: The End...and the Beginning -- Glossary -- Appendix A: Superior Court Clerks -- Appendix B: Tax Timetable -- Appendix C: Sample Forms -- Appendix D: Blank Forms -- Index -- Back Cover.