Working for yourself law & taxes for independent contractors, freelancers & gig workers of all types
| Main Author: | Fishman, Stephen (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Berkeley, California :
Nolo,
2017.
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| Edition: | 10th edition. |
| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- 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.