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UPDATES: SMALL BUSINESS ADVISOR SOFTWARE AND THE "STARTING AND OPERATING" A BUSINESS IN ...(STATE)" BOOK SERIES

Welcome to the update information page. The Small Business Advisor and the Starting and Operating a Business in ... (state) accompanying books were re-released, (in electronic format only) on July 31, 2005. The 17 "national" chapters of the book are all updated, on a rotating basis, every 12 months, so that no part of the book ever goes more than 12 months without being fully updated. 1 to 3 chapters are fully revised and updated each month, according to the following annual schedule:

• Chapter 1 (Deciding to Go into Business) -- January
• Chapter 2 (Choosing the Legal Form of the Business) -- January
• Chapter 3 (Buying an Existing Business) -- February
• Chapter 4 (Selecting the Right Location) -- February
• Chapter 5 (A Trip Through the Red Tape Jungle: Requirements that Apply To Nearly All New Businesses) -- March
• Chapter 6 (The Thicket Thickens: Additional Requirements for Businesses with Employees) -- April
• Chapter 7 (Environmental Laws Affecting Your Business) -- May
• Chapter 8 (Technology and Your Business) -- May
• Chapter 9 (Miscellaneous Business Problems and Pointers) -- June
• Chapter 10 (Financing Your Business) -- June
• Chapter 11 (Accounting Basics) -- June
• Chapter 12 (Employee Fringe Benefits and Stock Options) -- July
• Chapter 13 (Business Expense Tax Deductions and Tax Credits) -- August
• Chapter 14 (Additional Tax Savings Strategies) -- September
• Chapter 15 (Excise Taxes) -- October
• Chapter 16 (Estate Planning and Your Business: The Basics) -- November
• Chapter 17 (Sources of Help and Information) -- December
• Appendix A (Business Startup Checklist) -- Updated every week, for any federal or state law changes noted in any edition of the series
• Appendix C (Commonly Used Tax and Other Forms) -- December

Immediate (interim) updating of all affected portions of the books is also done after any major federal tax legislation is enacted, as soon as details become available, as for example:

• In September, 2005, updated for the new Energy Tax Incentives Act of 2005 and the 2005 Transportation Act, both enacted in August, 2005;
• In November, 2005, updated for certain small business provisions of the Katrina Emergency Tax Relief Act of 2005;
• Further updates were added in January, 2006, for the 2005 Gulf Opportunity Zone Tax Act, which added tax breaks for victims of Hurricanes Rita and Wilma;
• In July, 2006, updated for the May, 2006 Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act;
• In August, 2006, updated for the July, 2006 Pension Protection Act provisions passed by Congress;
• In December, 2006, updated for the new provisions of the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006, which was signed into law by President Bush on December 20, 2006; and
• In July, 2007, updated for the Small Business and Work Opportunity Tax Act of 2007, Public Law 110-28 (enacted May, 2007), and for the new federal minimum wage increase legislation that was part of that enactment.
• In April, 2008, updated for tax provisions of the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008.

State information in the series is updated on a different schedule, but each state chapter is also revised in full once each 12 months. Because our Small Business Advisor software mechanically weaves in appropriate segments of the state chapter text into each "national chapter" (1 to 17) where appropriate, all state information that appears anywhere in a particular state edition is automatically updated when the state chapter is updated.

Dates of recent complete updates/revisions of individual state chapters for the various state editions are listed below:

LI>Updated fully in April, 2008: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, and Kentucky chapters;
• Updated fully in March, 2008: Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, and Idaho chapters;
• Updated fully in February, 2008: California, Colorado, Connecticut, and Delaware chapters;
• Updated fully in January, 2008: District of Columbia, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, and Arkansas chapters;
• Updated fully in December, 2007: West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming chapters;
• Updated fully in November, 2007: Utah, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington chapters;
• Updated fully in October, 2007: Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas chapters;
• Updated fully in September, 2007: Ohio , Oklahoma, Oregon, and Mississippi chapters;
• Updated fully in August, 2007: New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, and North Dakota chapters;
• Updated fully in July, 2007: Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania chapters;
• Updated fully in June, 2007: Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, and Montana chapters;
• Updated fully in May, 2007: Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, and Massachusetts chapters.