Small Time Operator: How to Start Your Own Business, Keep Your Books, Pay Your Taxes, and Stay Out of Trouble

Small Time Operator is one of the most popular business startup guides ever. In clear, easytounderstand language, the author covers:Getting permits and licenses How to finance a business Creating and using a business plan Choosing and protecting a business name Deciding whether to incorporate Establishing a complete bookkeeping system Hiring employees Federal, state, and local taxes Buying a business or franchise Dealing withand avoidingthe IRS Doing business on the Internet Handling insurance, contracts, pricing, trademarks, and patentsIn this new edition, the book will feature a section on surviving the Global Information Grid or GIG economy. The ondemand economy, also known as the sharing economy or the gig economy, is a new and greatly expanding business model that is basically nothing more than a mobile app that connects people who need some type of servicea ride, a delivery, a plumber, a house cleanerwith individuals who provide that service. There are hundreds of thousands of newly selfemployed individuals. Uber alone claims that they have 160,000 workers just in California. The great majority of these on demand workers have zero experience or knowledge about selfemployment. This book will give ondemand workers everything they need to know about being selfemployed.Bernard B. Kamoroff is a C.P.A. with over thirty years of experience specializing in small business. A University of California lecturer, he is the author of five books on business and taxes.