Front Cover -- Title Page -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Using Self-Help Law Books -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Deciding to Start a Business -- Know Your Strengths -- Know Your Business -- Do the Math -- Sources for Further Guidance -- Chapter 2: Choosing the Form of Your Business -- Proprietorship -- General Partnership -- Corporation -- Limited Partnership -- Limited Liability Company -- Start-up Procedures -- Operational Procedures -- Required Meetings -- Money -- Signing Documents -- Proxy -- Bank Accounts -- Sale or Issue of Stock -- Restricted Legend Language -- Foreign Nationals -- Business Comparison Chart -- Business Start-up Checklist -- Chapter 3: Naming Your Business -- Preliminary Considerations -- Fictitious Names -- Entity Names -- Professional Associations -- Domain Names -- Trademarks -- Chapter 4: Financing Your Business -- Growing with Profits -- Using Your Savings -- Borrowing Money -- Developing a Business Plan -- Selling Shares of Your Business -- Understanding Securities Laws -- Using the Internet to Find Capital -- Chapter 5: 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 Governmental Regulations -- Chapter 6: Licensing Your Business -- Occupational Licenses and Zoning -- Home Businesses -- Maryland Start-Up Information -- Virginia Start-Up Information -- District of Columbia Start-Up Information -- Federal Licenses -- Chapter 7: Contract Laws -- Traditional Contract Law -- Statutory Contract Law -- Preparing your Contracts -- Chapter 8: Insurance -- 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 -- State and Local Laws on Smoking -- Chapter 11: Employment and Labor Laws -- Hiring and Firing Laws -- Firing -- New Hire Reporting -- Employment Agreements -- Independent Contractors -- Temporary Workers -- Federal Discrimination Laws -- State Discrimination Laws -- Sexual Harassment -- Wage and Hour Laws -- Pension and Benefit Laws -- Family and Medical Leave Law -- Federal Child Labor Laws -- State Child Labor Laws -- Immigration Laws -- Hiring Off-the-Books -- Federal Contracts -- Miscellaneous Laws -- Chapter 12: Advertising and Promotion Laws -- Federal Laws -- State Laws -- Internet Sales Laws -- Home Solicitatoin Laws -- Telephone Solicitation Laws -- Pricing, Weights, and Labeling -- Refunds -- Chapter 13: Payment and Collection -- Cash -- Checks -- Credit Cards -- Financing Laws -- Usury -- Collections -- Chapter 14: Business Relations Laws -- The Uniform Commercial Code -- Commercial Discrimination -- Restraining Trade -- Intellectual Property Protection -- Chapter 15: Endless Laws -- Federal Laws -- State Laws -- Chapter 16: Bookkeeping and Accounting -- Initial Bookkeeping -- Accountants -- Tax Returns -- Tax Tips -- Chapter 17: Paying Federal Taxes -- Income Tax -- Withholding, Social Security, and Medicare Taxes -- Excise Taxes -- Unemployment Compensation Tax -- Payroll Tax Services -- Chapter 18: Paying State Taxes -- Sales and Use Taxes -- Unemployment Compensation Tax -- Income Tax -- Excise Taxes -- Chapter 19: Out-of-State Taxes -- State Sales Taxes -- Business Taxes -- Internet Taxes -- Canadian Taxes -- Chapter 20: The End...and the Beginning -- Glossary -- For Further Reference -- Appendix A: Sample Filled-In Forms -- Appendix B: Blank Forms -- Index -- Back Cover.