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How to Start a Business in Georgia
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- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- 1st ed
- Naperville : Sourcebooks, Incorporated, 2003
- ©2003
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (266 pages)
- ISBNs
- 1423762592, 9781572483415, 1572483415, 9781423762591
- OCLC
- ocn923694995, ocm65180395
- Front Cover -- Title 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 and Starting a Form of Business -- Basic Forms of Doing Business -- Start-Up Procedures -- Start-Up Basics -- Business Comparison Checklist -- Business Start-up Checklist -- Chapter 3: Registering Your Business Name -- Preliminary Considerations -- Tradenames -- Corporate Names -- Professional Corporations -- Domain Names -- Trademarks -- Chapter 4: Financing Your Business -- Growing with Profits -- Using Your Savings -- Borrowing Money -- A Rich Partner -- Selling Shares of Your Business -- 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 -- Check Governmental 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 -- Sales Tax Bonds -- 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 -- Georgia State 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 Act -- 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 -- Chapter 13: Payment and Collection Laws -- Cash -- Checks -- Credit Cards -- Financing Laws -- Usury -- Collections -- Refund and Exchange Policies -- Chapter 14: Business Relations Laws -- The Uniform Commercial Code -- Commerical Discrimination -- Restraining Trade -- Intellectual Property Protection -- Chapter 15: Endless Laws -- Federal Laws -- Georgia State 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 -- Federal Excise Taxes -- Unemployment Compensation Taxes -- Chapter 18: Paying Georgia State Taxes -- Sales and Use Tax -- Income Taxes -- Corporate Net Worth Taxes -- Ad Valorem Taxes -- Unemployment Taxes -- Motor Vehicle Taxes -- Real Property Taxes -- School Taxes -- Intangible Taxes -- Real Estate Transfer Taxes -- Excise Taxes -- Chapter 19: Out-of-State Taxes -- State Sales Taxes -- Business Taxes -- Internet Taxes -- Canadian Taxes -- Chapter 20: The End...and the Beginning -- Glossary -- For Further Reference -- Appendix A: Superior Court Clerks -- Appendix B: Sample Forms -- Appendix C: Blank Forms -- Index -- Back Cover