04919oam 2200325z- 450 991016280970332120221104154544.01-4133-2370-7(CKB)3710000001044591(EXLCZ)99371000000104459120190113c2017uuuu -u- -engur|||||||||||Working for yourself law & taxes for independent contractors, freelancers & consultants /Stephen Fishman, J.DNOLO1-4133-2369-3 Working for yourself : The good, the bad, and the ugly -- Working for yourself : the good -- Working for yourself : the bad -- Working for yourself : the ugly -- Choosing the legal form for your business -- Sole proprietorships -- Corporations -- Partnerships -- Limited liability companies (llcs) -- Choosing and protecting your business name -- Choosing a legal name -- Choosing a trade name -- Choosing a trademark -- Choosing an internet domain name -- Conducting a name search -- Home alone or outside office -- Pros and cons of working at home -- Restrictions on home-based businesses -- Deducting your home office expenses -- Pros and cons of an outside office -- Leasing a workplace -- Deducting your outside office expenses -- Obtaining licenses, permits, and identification numbers -- Business licenses -- Employer identification numbers (EINs) -- Sales tax permits -- Insuring your business and yourself -- The health care reform act ("Obamacare") -- Disability insurance -- Business property insurance -- Liability insurance -- Car insurance -- Workers' compensation insurance -- Other types of insurance -- Ways to save on insurance -- Pricing your services and getting paid -- pricing your services -- Getting paid -- Taxes and self-employed -- Tax basics for the self-employed -- IRS audits -- Ten tips to avoid an aduit -- Reducing your income taxes -- Reporting your income -- Income tax deduction basics -- Business use of your home -- Cost of business assets -- Car expenses -- Travel expenses -- Entertainment and meal expenses -- Health insurance -- Start-up costs -- The bane of self-employment taxes -- Who must pay -- Self-employment taxes -- Earnings subject to SE taxes -- Paying and reporting SE taxes -- Outside employment -- Paying estimated taxes -- Who must pay estimated taxes -- How much you must pay -- When to pay -- How to pay -- Paying for the wrong amount -- Rules for salespeople, drivers, and clothing producers -- Statutory employees -- Statutory independent contractors -- Taxes for workers you hire -- Hiring people to help you -- Tax concerns when hiring employees -- Tax concerns when hiring independent contractors -- Record keeping and accounting made easy -- Simple bookkeeping -- How long to keep records -- IF you don't have proper tax records -- Accounting methods -- Tax year -- Safeguarding your self-employed status -- Who decides your work status? -- What happens if the government reclassifies you? -- Determining worker status -- The IRS approach to worker status -- Tips for preserving your IC status -- Retirement options for the self-employed -- Reasons to have a retirement plan (or plans) -- Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) -- Employer IRAs -- Keogh plans -- Solo 401(k) plans -- Roth 401(k) plans -- Retirement plans if you have employees -- Copyrights, patents, and trade secrets -- Intellectual property -- Copyright ownership -- Patent ownership -- Trade secret ownership -- Using nondisclosure agreements -- Using written client agreements -- Reasons to use written agreements -- Reviewing a client's agreement -- Creating your own client agreement -- Putting your agreement together -- Changing the agreement after it's signed -- Drafting your own client agreement -- Essential provisions -- Optional provisions -- Sample client agreement -- Using letter agreements -- Reviewing a client's agreement -- Make sure the agreement is consistent with the client's promises -- Make sure the contract covers at least the basics -- Provisions to avoid -- Provisions to consider adding -- Client purchase orders -- Help beyond this book -- Mediation and arbitration -- Filing a lawsuit -- Finding and using a lawyer -- Help from other experts -- Doing your own legal research.Working for YourselfIndependent contractorsLegal status, laws, etcUnited StatesPopular worksIndependent contractorsTaxationUnited StatesPopular worksSelf-employedTaxationLaw and legislationUnited StatesPopular worksIndependent contractorsLegal status, laws, etc.Independent contractorsTaxationSelf-employedTaxationLaw and legislation343.7305/26Fishman Stephen490589BOOK9910162809703321Working for yourself2890080UNINA02516nam 2200661Ia 450 991078333870332120230617011503.00-309-16547-41-280-17370-X978030954712197866101737090-309-54712-1(CKB)1000000000030430(OCoLC)70731235(CaPaEBR)ebrary10075699(SSID)ssj0000152077(PQKBManifestationID)11147132(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000152077(PQKBWorkID)10321372(PQKB)10482621(MiAaPQ)EBC3377865(Au-PeEL)EBL3377865(CaPaEBR)ebr10075699(CaONFJC)MIL17370(OCoLC)923273723(EXLCZ)99100000000003043020050419d2005 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrExperimental poverty measures[electronic resource] summary of a workshop /John Iceland, Rapporteur ; Planning Group for the Workshop to Assess the Current Status of Actions Taken in Response to Measuring Poverty: A New Approach, Committee on National Statistics, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council of the National AcademiesWashington, D.C. National Academies Pressc20051 online resource (56 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-309-09520-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. 35-36).PovertyUnited StatesStatistical methodsPoorUnited StatesCongressesIncome distributionUnited StatesCongressesHouseholdsUnited StatesCongressesWealthUnited StatesCongressesPovertyStatistical methods.PoorIncome distributionHouseholdsWealthIceland John1970-1090295National Research Council (U.S.) Planning Group for the Workshop to Assess the Current Status of Actions Taken in Response to Measuring Poverty: A New Approach.Workshop on Experimental Poverty Measures(2004 :Washington, D.C.)MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910783338703321Experimental poverty measures3709439UNINA