Working for yourself law & taxes for independent contractors, freelancers & gig workers of all types
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| Edition: | 10th edition. |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Fishman, Stephen, |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Working for yourself : |b law & taxes for independent contractors, freelancers & gig workers of all types / |c Stephen Fishman, J.D. |
| 250 | |a 10th edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a Berkeley, California : |b Nolo, |c 2017. | |
| 300 | |a 546 pages : |b forms ; |c 23 cm | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 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 Affordable Care 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 -- Eight tips to avoid an audit -- 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 -- Retirement accounts -- 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 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 -- Special concerns for gig workers -- Introduction to the gig economy -- Your contract with the hiring platform -- You worker status -- Your taxes -- Your insurance -- Other legal requirements for gig workers -- Where to find gigs -- 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 -- Bankruptcy for the self-employed -- Finding and using a lawyer -- Help from other experts -- Doing your own legal research -- Researching federal tax law. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Independent contractors |x Legal status, laws, etc. |z United States |v Popular works. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Independent contractors |x Taxation |z United States |v Popular works. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Self-employed |x Taxation |x Law and legislation |z United States |v Popular works. | |
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| 776 | 0 | 8 | |i Online version: |a Fishman, Stephen. |t Working for yourself |b Tenth edition. |d Berkeley, CA : Nolo, 2017 |z 9781413323702 |w (DLC) 2016037352 |
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