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 -- Basic Forms of Doing Business -- Start-Up Procedures -- Business Comparison Chart -- Chapter 3: Registering the Name of Your Business -- Preliminary Considerations -- Assumed Names -- Corporate Names -- Professional Service Corporations -- Domain Names -- Trademarks -- Chapter 4: Financing Your Business -- Growing with Profits -- Using Your Savings -- Borrowing Money -- Getting a Rich Partner -- 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 Government Regulations -- Chapter 6: Licensing Your Business -- Occupational Licenses and Zoning -- State Regulated Professions -- 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 -- Illinois 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 -- Weights and Labeling -- Deceptive Practices -- Chapter 13: Payment and Collection Laws -- Cash -- Checks -- Credit Cards -- Financing Laws -- Usury -- Collections -- Chapter 14: Business Relations Laws -- The Uniform Commercial Code -- Commercial Discrimination -- Restraining Trade -- Commercial Bribery -- Intellectual Property Protection -- Chapter 15: Endless Laws -- Federal Laws -- Illinois Laws -- Poster Laws -- Chapter 16: Bookkeeping and Accounting -- Initial Bookkeeping -- Accountants -- Computer Programs -- Tax Tips -- Chapter 17: Paying Federal Taxes -- Income Tax -- Withholding, Social Security, and Medicare Taxes -- Excise Tax -- Unemployment Compensation Taxes -- Chapter 18: Paying Illinois Taxes -- Sales and Use Tax -- Income Tax -- Excise Tax -- Unemployment Compensation Taxes -- Chapter 19: Out-of-State Taxes -- State Sales Taxes -- Business Taxes -- Internet Taxes -- Canadian Taxes -- Chapter 20: The End...and the Beginning -- Glossary -- Appendix A: Government Resources -- Appendix B: Business Start-Up Checklist and Tax Timetable -- Appendix C: Sample Filled-In Forms -- Appendix D: Ready-to-use Forms -- Index -- Ad Pages -- Back Cover.