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Learn to plan ahead for your business and yourself with the help of these resources. From insuring your business to setting up franchises, you can find the right path ahead with these articles and FAQs.
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Types of Resources
Articles
- Benefits and retirement plans
- Benefit plans for small businesses
- Disability income insurance for the self-employed
- Group health insurance: a valued employee benefit
- Group term life insurance
- Health insurance for the self-employed
- Key employee life and disability insurance
- Life insurance for the self-employed
- Offering group disability insurance
- Retirement plans for small businesses
- Split dollar insurance plans
- Understanding individual 401(k) plans
- What employers need to know about workers' compensation insurance
- Insuring a business
- Business automobile insurance basics
- Business interruption insurance
- Business liability insurance basics
- Business overhead expense insurance
- Commercial general liability
- Do you need crime insurance?
- Income tax tips: business insurance
- Insurance tips for business travelers
- Insuring your home business
- Professional liability coverage
- Properly insuring your business
- Should you self-insure your business?
- Understanding your business owners policy
- Why insure your business?
- Starting a business
- Advantages and disadvantages of self-employment
- Choosing an entity for your business
- Funding a business
- Hiring your first employee
- Qualifying for the home office deduction
- Record keeping for your own business
- Starting or buying a business
- Tax planning for the self-employed
- Transferring or selling a business
- Funding a buy-sell agreement with disability insurance
- Funding a buy-sell agreement with life insurance
- Transferring your family business
Decision tools
- Benefits and retirement plans
- 401(k) plans
- Building a retirement plan for your business
- Comparison of types of educational assistance
- Individual 401(k) Illustration
- Business planning basics
- 2003 numbers
- Net worth calculator
- Choosing an entity
- Choosing a business entity
- Comparison of LLCs, LLPs, and professional corporations
- How C Corporations, Limited Liability Companies, and Limited Liability Partnerships Protect Personal Assets
- Insurance planning
- Business life insurance needs
- Number of policies needed with a cross purchase plan
- Tax planning
- Accelerating deductions/postponing income
- Accelerating income/postponing deductions
- Transferring or selling a business
- Business succession planning alternatives
- Business succession strategy analyzer
- Buy-sell agreement analyzer
- Buy-sell planning questionnaire
- How cross purchase plans work
- How entity purchase plans work
- Planning for succession of a business interest
FAQs
- Advertising a business
- How can I get free publicity for my business?
- How do I know where to advertise my business?
- What is the best form of advertising?
- Employee benefits and other issues
- How can I boost the morale of my employees without incurring huge expenses?
- How can I find good employees for my business?
- What are health reimbursement arrangements?
- What are incentive stock options (ISOs)?
- What benefits should I offer to my employees?
- Home-based businesses
- Can I deduct home office expenses?
- If I work at home occasionally, am I entitled to a home office deduction?
- Incorporating a business
- Can I change my business from a C corporation to an S corporation?
- Can I change my business from an S corporation to a C corporation?
- Should I incorporate my business?
- Insurance coverage
- A cell phone and laptop computer owned by my company were inside my briefcase when it was stolen. Will my company's insurance cover the loss?
- Can I get disability insurance if I'm self-employed?
- I drive my own car on company business. Whose insurance will pay for damages if I get into an accident?
- I own a business. Are there any creative ways I can use life insurance in my business?
- I use my laptop computer for my home business. Is it covered under my homeowners policy?
- I'm an independent contractor. Where can I get health and disability insurance?
- I'm thinking about opening a day-care business in my home. Does this raise any insurance issues?
- What is errors and omissions insurance?
- What is stop-loss insurance?
- What kind of insurance coverage do I need for my small business?
- Non-competition agreements
- I am buying a business. Can I make the seller sign a non-competition agreement?
- My employer wants me to sign a non-competition agreement. What is it? Is it legally binding?
- Why does the buyer of my business want me to sign a non-competition agreement?
- Partnerships
- How does a limited partnership work?
- Raising capital
- Can I borrow money from my wholly owned business?
- How can I raise capital for my business?
- Starting a business
- Don't most small businesses fail?
- How do I find good advisors such as lawyers and accountants to help with my business?
- Is buying a franchise a good way to get into business?
- Should I buy an existing business or start from scratch?
- Should I buy or lease assets for my business?
- What are the stages of business development?
- What should I look for in a business location?
- Transferring or selling a business
- Can I transfer my business through my will?
- How can I keep my business in the family?
- What are some financing options for selling my business?
- What is a buy-sell agreement?
- What is a family limited partnership, and will it help reduce estate taxes?
- Valuing a business
- How can I determine what my business is worth for estate and gift tax purposes?
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