By Stephen Fishman
Published by Nolo
KF 390 .I54 F57 2018
Are you looking for a career change? Perhaps, you are interested in lending your expertise to a company by working as an independent contractor or consultant. You wouldn’t be alone. A good percentage of the U.S. population is self-employed, meaning that they are working as independent contractors, consultants, entrepreneurs, and freelancers. The question then becomes: where do you begin? A good starting place is Nolo’s Working for Yourself: Law & Taxes for Independent Contractors, Freelancers & Gig Workers of All Types, the newest book to join the Law Library’s Self-Help Collection.
Working for Yourself includes necessary current legal and tax basics to assist you on your road to becoming your own boss. Topics include:
choosing the type of business entity;
obtaining business licenses, employer identification numbers, and sales tax permits;
insuring your business;
pricing services and getting paid;
paying taxes and keeping track of expenses; and
preparing written client agreements.
You can also find updates and changes made to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that are beneficial to those who are self-employed. In other words, Working for Yourself has the pertinent information you need to get yourself started on the road to self-employment.
Other books by Nolo in the Law Library’s collection that you might find to be of interest include: Legal Forms for Starting and Running a Small Business and the Small Business Start-Up Kit.