Includes index.

Foreword: Be Your Own Boss 5 -- Section 1 Getting Started 11 -- Getting Started: Basics -- Business Location -- Financing -- Legal Structure -- Licenses and Permits -- Insurance 32 -- Choosing a Business Name 36 -- Business Plan 37 -- Section 2 Bookkeeping 39 -- Warming Up to an Unpopular Subject -- Business Bank Accounts 42 -- Bookkeeping Simplified -- Recording Income 45 -- Credit Sales 50 -- Recording Expenditures 54 -- Calculators and Adding Machines 60 -- Financial Management -- Section 3 Growing Up 65 -- Business Growth 67 -- Hiring Help -- Partnerships 78 -- You, Incorporated -- Limited Liability Company (LLC) 89 -- Section 4 Taxes 91 -- Deep in the Heart of Taxes 91 -- Business Expenses -- Self-Employment Tax 118 -- Retirement Deductions 119 -- Other Small Business Tax Issues -- Internal Revenue Service -- Federal Information Returns 130 -- Excise Taxes 130 -- State and Local Taxes -- How to Balance a Bank Account 135 -- Balance Sheets 136 -- Professional Help -- Husband and Wife Businesses -- Home-Based Businesses -- Import Businesses 150 -- Export Businesses 151 -- Buying a Business -- Freelancers, Professionals, Consultants 158 -- Computers -- Internet 162 -- Filing Your Business Records 165 -- Intellectual (Intangible) Property -- Small Business Survival -- Annual Update Sheet 180 -- Section 6 Ledgers 181.