Click on the state of your choice, from the
list of states below, to view the online version of the state
"Starting and Operating a Business" summary guide
for your particular state. (State info chapters only, some of
which are older, sample versions of the up-to-date editions
we sell.)
Each of the 51 state guides listed here (state laws/taxes
guide chapter only, for each) are written by Michael D. Jenkins,
J.D., C.P.A., author and technical editor of the million-selling book
series, Starting and Operating a Business in ....(California,
etc.)..., for each of the 50 states and D.C. The author
has re-acquired the rights to the Starting and Operating a Business
in ... book series and will be re-publishing (in an electronic
"smart book" format) all 51 of the state editions of that series at
some time in the next year. All 51 state editions (for 50 states
and the District of Columbia) have been fully updated in the last 12
months and are now available for sale. For ordering options,
click here.
The author has also re-acquired the rights to publish the Small
Business Advisor software program, formerly published by Ronin
Software as an MS-DOS program, with its content licensed to a major
software company that published it as a Windows ® program from 1997
until recently. It has also been updated, expanded, and reissued as a
Windows ® program, integrated with the S&O book series.
(Windows ® is a registered trademark of the Microsoft Corporation.)
All 51 state and D.C. chapters have been updated in the last twelve
months. Several updated state chapters as well as over 40 older chapters
from 1999 or 2000 editions are provided below as a free public service
to small businesses or persons considering a small business start-up. However,
you will need to order the Small Business Advisor version that includes
them, to obtain the updated (2007-2008) editions for most of the states.
To order ($29.95) the full book for any of 50 states or D.C.,
together with the front-end Small Business Advisor software (for
Windows), see the product information page
on this website. Or order all 50 states and D.C. edition on CD-ROM
for $99.
The month/year each state chapter that is available for sale
was last updated is shown after the state name, listed in order
of the most recent update. Where only the "sample" (older) version
of a particular chapter is posted on this website, the listing
below shows the date as of which the "sample" chapter was published.
CLICK HERE to order the current
version of any of the state editions shown below.
All 50 state chapters and a D.C. chapter, plus much more federal and
general business information you can use, are being published by us as
part of a series of electronic books. As of July 1, 2006 through this
month, the 17 federal chapters of the "Starting and Operating a Business
in..." books have all been regularly updated fully over each 12 months,
and are provided along with the recently updated state chapter, for each
of 50 states and D.C., and can be ordered now. For details on the books
and the front-end "Small Business Advisor" front-end software that comes
with each book, see our "Starting and Operating a
Business in ..." Product Information web page.
For federal tax and legal information, or general small
business news and information on particular topics, jump to any of the
following pages on this site:
COMMENT: There is a great deal of helpful small
business information on the Web, including plentiful tax and legal help,
but very little of it provides specific information for the individual
states. We think you will find our state-by-state summaries of state
laws, taxes, and startup assistance we are providing here to be the most
useful and comprehensive source of free or inexpensive
state-specific small business information to be found on the Internet. If
you find a better source, please let us know about it.... (So far, no
suggestions.)
To download a shareware (time-limited) version of our Small Business
Advisor shareware, which includes the complete, up-to-date editions for
North Dakota, Vermont, Wyoming and the District of Columbia,
CLICK HERE.
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also download and try the free (shareware) version of our financial game program,
Wall $treet Raider. We think you'll like it, and maybe
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