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 for Further Guidance -- Chapter 2: Choosing the Form of Your Business -- Basic Forms of Doing Business -- Start-Up Procedures -- Foreign Nationals -- Business Comparison Chart -- Chapter 3: Naming Your Business -- Preliminary Considerations -- Fictitious Names -- Corporate, LLC, LLP, and Limited Partnership Names -- Professional Associations, Professional Corporations, and Professional LLCs -- 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 -- 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 -- Texas 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 -- Email Advertising -- Deceptive Practices -- 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 -- Commercial Bribery -- Intellectual Property Protection -- Chapter 15: Endless Laws -- Federal Laws -- Texas 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 -- Excise Taxes -- Unemployment Compensation Tax -- Chapter 18: Paying Texas Taxes -- Sales and Use Tax -- Franchise Tax -- Unemployment Taxes -- Local Property Taxes -- Other Texas 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: Business Start-Up Checklist -- Appendix B: Sample Filled-in Forms -- Appendix C: Blank Forms -- Index -- Ad Pages -- Back Cover.