Articles
- 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
- 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?
- 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
- 401(k) plans
- Building a retirement plan for your business
- Comparison of types of educational assistance
- Individual 401(k) Illustration
- Choosing a business entity
- Comparison of LLCs, LLPs, and professional corporations
- How C Corporations, Limited Liability Companies, and Limited Liability Partnerships Protect Personal Assets
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
- 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?
- Can I deduct home office expenses?
- If I work at home occasionally, am I entitled to a home office deduction?
- 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?
- 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?
- I am buying a business. Can I make the seller sign a noncompetition agreement?
- My employer wants me to sign a noncompetition agreement. What is it? Is it legally binding?
- Why does the buyer of my business want me to sign a noncompetition agreement?
- 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?