Starting and Operating a Business in Virginia: A Step-By-Step Guide (SMARTSTART YOUR BUSINESS IN) - Softcover
Starting and Operating a Business in Virginia is the most complete tax and legal guidebook in existence for Virginia small businesses. The author, a retired attorney and CPA and a Harvard Law graduate, provides you with a detailed but easy to read explanation of the tax and legal "ground rules" you need to know to navigate successfully through the complex maze of federal and Virginia tax and business laws and regulations.
The roughly 500 pages (if printed) of each state edition in this e-book series offer far more than a dry description of the applicable business laws and taxes, however. The lively text is peppered
throughout the book with key points to consider, including "Cautions," "Planning Points," "Important Points," and "Update Notes" that are highlighted to get your attention.
FEDERAL LAWS AND TAXES
Federal tax and legal coverage includes individual income, self-employment, estate, gift, and excise taxes, federal payroll taxes, withholding of various taxes; securities laws and regulations; the Americans with Disabilities Act; environmental laws; minimum wage/overtime and child labor laws; anti-discrimination and HealthCare Reform laws that apply to employers; immigration laws affecting hiring; OSHA job safety and health requirements; ERISA (employee benefits) compliance; the Family and Medical Leave Act rules; mail order sales and telemarketing regulations; consumer credit laws; Internet taxation and regulation; and much more.
VIRGINIA LAWS AND TAXES
Virginia tax and legal coverage includes the Virginia state income tax, corporate income tax, sales and use tax, property taxes, state unemployment tax, withholding of employment taxes, and other state and local business taxes; state fair employment laws that may differ from the federal; the Virginia minimum wage, overtime, and child labor laws; mandatory workers' compensation insurance and new hires reporting; wage payment requirements; when/if registration of fictitious business names (trade names) is required; and much more.
OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND ADVICE
In addition to extensive, up-to-date coverage of federal and Virginia business laws and taxes, you will also find this e-book to be a gold mine of other useful information and advice for running your business. It includes topics such as an entire chapter on site selection for your business; guidance for obtaining financing and choosing accounting methods; do's and don'ts when buying an existing business, acquiring a franchise, or signing a lease; pros and cons of corporations, LLCs, and other business entities, as well as Virginia filing fees and taxes for each type of entity. Other chapters deal with subjects such as how to protect your assets from creditors; whether to incorporate in a state other than Virginia; international ISO-9000 standards and certification of your business; use of Universal Product Codes and RFID tags; electronic data interchange; how to classify workers as either employees or independent contractors; advice about joining a multilevel marketing program; exporting tips; cash flow management and fraud detection; and estate planning, to name a few covered topics.
FREE STUFF!
The e-book also contains a link to the author's web site, where purchasers of this publication can download (FREE!) the Small Business Advisor software program (Windows), which will create a customized version of this book on your PC, based on a series of questions it will ask you about your business. The software (which sells for up to $99), also creates a customized "Small Business Checklist" on your computer, extensively listing various federal and Virginia tax and business regulations that will apply to your particular business. In addition, it contains a number of "consulting sessions" that use Artificial Intelligence to help you answer technical tax questions like whether you can deduct office-in-home expenses or elect S corporation status.
The roughly 500 pages (if printed) of each state edition in this e-book series offer far more than a dry description of the applicable business laws and taxes, however. The lively text is peppered
throughout the book with key points to consider, including "Cautions," "Planning Points," "Important Points," and "Update Notes" that are highlighted to get your attention.
FEDERAL LAWS AND TAXES
Federal tax and legal coverage includes individual income, self-employment, estate, gift, and excise taxes, federal payroll taxes, withholding of various taxes; securities laws and regulations; the Americans with Disabilities Act; environmental laws; minimum wage/overtime and child labor laws; anti-discrimination and HealthCare Reform laws that apply to employers; immigration laws affecting hiring; OSHA job safety and health requirements; ERISA (employee benefits) compliance; the Family and Medical Leave Act rules; mail order sales and telemarketing regulations; consumer credit laws; Internet taxation and regulation; and much more.
VIRGINIA LAWS AND TAXES
Virginia tax and legal coverage includes the Virginia state income tax, corporate income tax, sales and use tax, property taxes, state unemployment tax, withholding of employment taxes, and other state and local business taxes; state fair employment laws that may differ from the federal; the Virginia minimum wage, overtime, and child labor laws; mandatory workers' compensation insurance and new hires reporting; wage payment requirements; when/if registration of fictitious business names (trade names) is required; and much more.
OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND ADVICE
In addition to extensive, up-to-date coverage of federal and Virginia business laws and taxes, you will also find this e-book to be a gold mine of other useful information and advice for running your business. It includes topics such as an entire chapter on site selection for your business; guidance for obtaining financing and choosing accounting methods; do's and don'ts when buying an existing business, acquiring a franchise, or signing a lease; pros and cons of corporations, LLCs, and other business entities, as well as Virginia filing fees and taxes for each type of entity. Other chapters deal with subjects such as how to protect your assets from creditors; whether to incorporate in a state other than Virginia; international ISO-9000 standards and certification of your business; use of Universal Product Codes and RFID tags; electronic data interchange; how to classify workers as either employees or independent contractors; advice about joining a multilevel marketing program; exporting tips; cash flow management and fraud detection; and estate planning, to name a few covered topics.
FREE STUFF!
The e-book also contains a link to the author's web site, where purchasers of this publication can download (FREE!) the Small Business Advisor software program (Windows), which will create a customized version of this book on your PC, based on a series of questions it will ask you about your business. The software (which sells for up to $99), also creates a customized "Small Business Checklist" on your computer, extensively listing various federal and Virginia tax and business regulations that will apply to your particular business. In addition, it contains a number of "consulting sessions" that use Artificial Intelligence to help you answer technical tax questions like whether you can deduct office-in-home expenses or elect S corporation status.
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About the Author:
Business book author and Harvard Law grad Michael D. Jenkins has a wide-ranging background as an advisor to businesses. Before practicing as a CPA and as a tax and business attorney, he first worked as a financial and economics consultant with Economics Research Associates in L.A. and D.C. after graduating from law school. There he did projects that ranged from economic feasibility studies for hotel development in downtown Philadelphia, to creating a long-term diversification program for Conoco Oil Corporation, to performing the original site selection study for the Nixon Presidential Library.
After several years, he got his CPA license and became a tax supervisor at the "Big 8" CPA firm of Peat, Marwick in L.A. There, and later as a senior tax attorney with the large San Francisco law firm of Cooley, Godward, Castro, Huddleson and Tatum, he specialized in advising small and large businesses on legal and tax matters.
After publishing his first book, Starting and Operating a Business in California, in 1980, he returned to CPA practice as a tax partner in a large regional Bay Area CPA firm in Alameda, California. He eventually authored a series of 51 "Starting and Operating a Business" books for all 50 states and D.C., with over 1.2 million copies sold in bookstores and Costco from 1981 until publication ceased in 1999. The book series achieved national recognition by being featured as one of only a few worthwhile small business books, in cover articles in both Forbes and Inc. magazines.
Since 2001, he has published this book series in ebook format until the present, with Kindle editions first released in 2011.
An incorrigible bachelor, Mr. Jenkins resides in a scenic area of Southern Utah, near Zion and Bryce Canyons and engages regularly in adrenalin-secreting, slightly insane activities such as sea kayaking, white-water rafting, mountain biking, and the occasional parachute jump or paragliding misadventure, for relaxation, terror, and inspiration.
After several years, he got his CPA license and became a tax supervisor at the "Big 8" CPA firm of Peat, Marwick in L.A. There, and later as a senior tax attorney with the large San Francisco law firm of Cooley, Godward, Castro, Huddleson and Tatum, he specialized in advising small and large businesses on legal and tax matters.
After publishing his first book, Starting and Operating a Business in California, in 1980, he returned to CPA practice as a tax partner in a large regional Bay Area CPA firm in Alameda, California. He eventually authored a series of 51 "Starting and Operating a Business" books for all 50 states and D.C., with over 1.2 million copies sold in bookstores and Costco from 1981 until publication ceased in 1999. The book series achieved national recognition by being featured as one of only a few worthwhile small business books, in cover articles in both Forbes and Inc. magazines.
Since 2001, he has published this book series in ebook format until the present, with Kindle editions first released in 2011.
An incorrigible bachelor, Mr. Jenkins resides in a scenic area of Southern Utah, near Zion and Bryce Canyons and engages regularly in adrenalin-secreting, slightly insane activities such as sea kayaking, white-water rafting, mountain biking, and the occasional parachute jump or paragliding misadventure, for relaxation, terror, and inspiration.
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- PublisherOasis Pr
- Publication date1991
- ISBN 10 1555711480
- ISBN 13 9781555711481
- BindingPaperback
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