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Working With a Real Estate Agent: Most home buyers use a real estate agent or broker to help find a home, negotiate the contract and handle other details of buying a home. Article insights that before hiring an agent, learn all about the process to know what to expect from the professional who can assist. One...; Tags: Real Estate Agent, Nolo, Real Estate, Business Operations; White papers 2003-01-01
New Houses: New houses are sometimes priced more reasonably than comparable old ones, often come with more space and better appliances, require less immediate fix-up work and are more energy-efficient. Too often, though, the advantages of new houses are overshadowed by problems such as shoddy construction and lengthy construction delays. Here are...; Tags: House, Nolo; White papers 2003-01-01
Your Home as a Tax Shelter: The home shelters one from the elements, but it is also a valuable tax shelter. The IRS places a limit on the amount of debt treated as home equity debt for deduction. Qualifying capital improvements are those that increase a home's value or prolong home's life, including a fence, driveway,...; Tags: Equity, Nolo, Taxes, Free Trade, Investment, Financial Services, Financial Planning, Finance; White papers 2003-01-01
Seven Rules For Legal Advertising: From the executive summary: ‘Advertising is regulated by both Federal and State law. Under the law, an ad is unlawful if it tends to mislead or deceive. This means Government does not have to prove at an administrative hearing or in court that the ad actually fooled anyone, only that...; Tags: Advertisement, Nolo; White papers 2000-05-01
How Partnerships Are Taxed: From the executive summary: ‘For many small businesses, paying income tax means struggling to master double-entry bookkeeping and employee withholding rules while ferreting out every possible business deduction. For partnerships, paying taxes also involves understanding difficult terms like distributive share, special allocation, and substantial economic effect.' The paper highlights the...; Tags: Partnership, Income, Income Tax, Nolo, Business Structures, Taxes, Payroll Solutions, Finance, Financial Planning; White papers 2004-07-13

Why You Should Create An Employee Handbook: Use an employee handbook to communicate workplace policies. If you have more than a few employees, it's a good idea to create an employee handbook that clearly explains your workplace policies. The benefits of having an employee handbook are many: every employee receives the same information about the rules of...; Tags: Employee Handbook, Workplace, Nolo, Policies And Procedures, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management; White papers 2008-01-01
Firing Employees With Employment Contracts: Employment contracts can limit your ability to fire employees, but first you must figure out if your business has a contract with an employee. Read on to find out how to determine if you do, and then how to proceed in firing them legally, making sure you have good cause....; Tags: Firing, Employee, Nolo, Employment Contract; White papers 2009-01-01
Creating An Employee Handbook: If you have more than a few employees, it's a good idea to create an employee handbook that clearly explains your workplace policies. The benefits of having an employee handbook are many: Every employee receives the same information about the rules of the workplace; your employees will know what you...; Tags: Employee Handbook, Workplace, Nolo, Policies And Procedures, Human Resources; White papers 2009-01-01
Employee Handbooks - What To Include: Good handbook tells your employees how to let you know if they feel unfairly treated or have a workplace problem. This gives you a chance to react before a small misunderstanding erupts into a full-blown legal dispute. As another benefit, a well-written handbook may reduce the anxiety that some employees...; Tags: Employee Handbook, Workplace, Employee, Handbook, Nolo, Policies And Procedures, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management; White papers 2009-01-01

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Books24x7.com Signs Digital Press, Prima, Nolo and Waveside to Growing List Of Content Partners: NORWOOD, Mass.--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 20, 1999-- -- Broad Industry Support Establishes Books24x7.com As Web's Leading IT Information Service -- Books24x7.com, the Web's foremost authority for technical reference content, announced today that it has added four new technical publishers to its growing roster of premier content providers. Digital Press,...; Tags: Business Wire, Company, E-books, MARKETING, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, SAP AG, SOFTWARE; Research articles 1999-09-20
For Anyone Who Needs to Understand How to Apply Federal Employment Laws: The Essential Guide to Federal Employment Laws - A Joint Production of Nolo and the Society for Human Resource Management by Attorneys Amy DelPo and Lisa Guerin: BERKELEY, Calif. -- Managers and HR professionals deal with federal employment laws every day--laws that touch on every aspect of the employment relationship. To understand your company's legal obligations and avoid expensive violations of the law pick up a copy of The Essential Guide to Federal Employment Laws, new from...; Tags: Society for Human Resource Management; Research articles 2006-09-13
Renting Property for Your Business: Most businesses—especially small businesses—rent their premises by means of a lease or rental agreement. This article explains the basics of leasing and includes the main issues to consider before signing a lease. What You Need to KnowWhat is the difference between a rental agreement and a lease? The owner,...; Tags: Agreement, BNET Editorial, Lease, Tenant, payment, small business, commercial property, leasing, real estate, photograph; Articles 2007-09-27
Setting Up a Limited Liability Company: A limited liability company LLC affords its members limited liability, tax benefits similar to those of partnerships, and better access to financing. However, LLCs also have greater administrative burdens and must disclose more details about the business's finances. This article looks at the advantages and disadvantages of LLCs and describes...; Tags: Business structures, Taxes, Free trade, Financial accounting, Investment, BNET Editorial, Wyoming, Limited, tax, shareholder, financing, partnership, small business, income tax, bankruptcy, income, supplier, finance, accounting, insurance, bank; Articles 2007-10-22
Big brother strikes again in State Farm redlining deal.(State Farm General Insurance Co.'s settlement with Department of Housing and Urban Development)(Column): When Vice President Spiro Agnew pled nolo contendre to tax evasion charges, everyone knew what it meant. We all knew he was as guilty as sin and that a plea of no I contest was the only way he could keep his tail out of jail. ...; Tags: insurance company, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.; Research articles 1996-09-09
Small time operator: how to start your own business, keep your books, pay your taxes and stay out of trouble!(Books): Now in its 26th edition, with over 600,000 copies in print, Small Time Operator is "the most successful books of its kind ever printed," in the words of Nolo Law Books. The American Association of Small Business Employers says, "Small Now in its 26th edition,...; Tags: Books, tax; Research articles 2003-09-30
Small Time Operator: How to Start Your Own Business, Keep Your Books, Pay, Your Taxes and Stay Out of Trouble! (Books).: Now in its 26th edition, with over 600,000 copies in print, Small Time Operator is "the most successful boo of its kind ever printed," in the words of Nolo Law Books. The American Association of Small Business Employers says, "Small Ti Now in its 26th edition,...; Tags: Books, tax; Research articles 2002-10-31
Publisher does books for do-it-yourself lawyer: NEW YORK -- When Ralph Warner was a young lawyer working with legal aid in California, he was disturbed that he had to turn some people away. They included the working poor and middle class, too wealthy to qualify for public defense but not wealthy enough to afford...; Tags: Associated Press, lawyer; Research articles 2003-11-23
KILL BW0186, MA-BOOKS24X7.COM-2 and KILL BW1399, CQN-MA-BOOKS24X7.COM-2: Please KILL BW0186, (MA-BOOKS24X7.COM-2) Books24x7.com Signs Digital Press, Prima, Nolo and Waveside to Growing List Of Content Partners, which ran on Business Wire at 9:16 ET on 09/20/1999. Also KILL the CORRECTION, BW1399, (CQN-MA-BOOKS24X7.COM-2) Correcting First Sentence of Second Graph Released today, Sept. 20 , which ran on Business...; Tags: Business Wire; Research articles 1999-09-20
Fatbrain.com Partners with Top Legal and Marketing Specialists in Secure Digital Publishing: SANTA CLARA, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 4, 1999-- Nolo.com and Marketing Technology Partner With Fatbrain.com, Gaining Access to Broader Distribution and Higher Revenue Opportunities With eMatter Initiative Fatbrain.comTM (Nasdaq: FATB), the Internet's most comprehensive bookstore for professionals, today announced that Nolo.com, the leading provider of self-help legal information,...; Tags: Business Wire, Components, HARDWARE, MARKETING, Memory, Semiconductors; Research articles 1999-10-04
When Does the Boss Become Big Brother?: Sure, you know you can't Google porn at work and that you have limited privacy rights (Read: virtually none) when it comes to company-owned computers and phones. But can senior management intrude too much on employees' work lives? Do off-duty employees have privacy rights? Nolo, the legal resource website, has...; Tags: Joseph De Avila, Privacy, Monitoring, Workplace; Blog posts 2007-02-15