STARTING AND OPERATING A BUSINESS IN THE U.S. is a series of State Specific Guides for small business featuring tax, legal, and practical guides for each of the 50 states and D.C.,

The author, MICHAEL D. JENKINS, a Harvard lawyer and former Big 4 CPA, previously wrote or coauthored all 51 state books in the Starting and Operating a Business series, most of which were co-authored by Ernst & Young or other business experts in the various states.

The new (2007 and 2008) software/electronic book versions, have replaced the 51 print editions. Each of these electronic books will guide you through the business startup process, including plain-English explanations of complex legal and tax requirements, detailed checklists, and fill-in copies of required federal tax and regulatory forms for your business. Existing businesses will benefit from the broad, up-to-date coverage of federal and state tax and business laws that apply to your business, and income tax and estate planning strategies to help your business keep more of what it earns.

The new version includes a software front-end program ("The Small Business Advisor") which:

"Interviews" you about your existing or planned business, asking you a series of simple questions (such as which state you will do business in, how many employees you have, what type of legal entity you will adopt, how many owners, whether you have pension plans, your average gross sales, foreign ownership, if any, type of employee benefit plans you have, etc.);

Uses the interview information you provide about your business to create a customized version of the entire "Starting and Operating a Business in ...(your state)" book, and saves the files on your computer as HTML files, readable by your web browser. Throughout this entire book the content is based on YOUR BUSINESS, YOUR FACTS, and YOUR STATE LAWS AND TAXES, as though an attorney and CPA wrote the entire book specifically for you. At any time, you can change some of the information about your business that you entered in the "interview" (such as number of employees, legal entity type, etc.), and the software will instantly re-create a new book, based on the new facts, in about 1 or 2 seconds -- so you can do "what-if" simulations to see how, for example, hiring another employee or two or increasing your annual gross sales to a higher level may affect your tax burdens or your regulatory obligations as an employer;

Uses the interview information you provide about your business to create a detailed business startup checklist, based upon your specific fact situation, in YOUR state. The checklist can run from 3 to as many as 6 or more pages, depending on the complexity of your situation and the size of your business, number of employees, etc.;

Offers "one-click" easy printing of the entire book, if you wish to print out any state edition, as you have customized it. (Each edition is about 450 to 550 pages in length; the books in this Starting and Operating a Business in the U.S. series are the most comprehensive and up-to-date small business tax and legal guides available at any price.);

Includes, in fill-in .PDF file format, linked to from the book pages, various critically important federal tax and regulatory forms you may need, such as the IRS application for taxpayer I.D. number (Form SS-4), S corporation election (Form 2553), entity tax classification election form (Form 8832), immigration Form I-9 you must complete when hiring each employee, and a state sales tax resale exemption certificate that can be used in all but a few states;

Includes an entrepreneurial "self-test" to help you decide if you have what it takes to become a successful business owner; and

Provides an extensive, very detailed outline of a business plan, with instructions, advice, and helpful explanations for every part of the business plan, to help you write a business plan that make a good impression on prospective lenders or investors.

There's nothing else available ... ANYWHERE ... like these CUSTOMIZED small business guidebooks, downloadable or on CD-ROM, covering a full range of the major state and federal taxes, laws, and business regulations that apply to most small businesses -- plus practical advice on many small business topics, ranging from site selection to accounting. All information in each edition updated in the last 1 to 12 months. (We fully revise and update one of the 51 state editions per week -- for every week of the year but Christmas. The "national" portions of the books have all been updated in the last 12 months, with one or two of the 17 "national" chapters updated each month throughout each year, to keep the information throughout the series extremely fresh.)

Editions for all 50 states and a D.C. edition are now fully updated and available for sale, $29.95 for a single-state edition. A $99 Professional Version is also available, which includes the state information for all 50 states and the District of Columbia, and is an ideal resource for law and accounting firms or other business advisors. All editions are thoroughly footnoted throughout.

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