Working for yourself: the good, the bad, and the ugly -- Choosing the legal form for your business -- Choosing and protecting your business name -- Home alone or outside office? -- Obtaining licenses, permits, and identification numbers -- Insuring your business and yourself -- Pricing your services and getting paid -- Taxes and the self-employed -- Reducing your income taxes -- The bane of self-employment taxes -- Paying estimated tax -- Rules for salespeople, drivers, and clothing producers -- Taxes for workers you hire -- Record keeping and accounting made easy -- Safeguarding your self-employed status -- Retirement options for the self-employed -- Copyright, patents, and trade secrets -- Using written client agreements -- Drafting your own client agreement --Reviewing a client's agreement -- Help beyond this book -- Appendix 1: Forms and documents -- Appendix 2: Sample agreements -- Appendix 3: Agencies.
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