The most comprehensive, easy-to-use guide to selling a business available!

Out there somewhere is a buyer looking to buy a business like yours -- so if you're ready to sell, make sure that you protect your interests and maximize your profit with The Complete Guide to Selling a Business. It covers:

*getting your business ready to sell
*pricing your business and valuing your assets
*finding the right buyer
*analyzing the tax issues
*negotiating a payment plan and other terms of sale
*planning your future relationship with the business
*limiting your liability
*working with lawyers, accountants and brokers
*closing the deal and transferring the business to its new owner

The Complete Guide to Selling a Business includes a CD-ROM that helps you create more than two dozen crucial documents for both asset and entity sales, including:

*the sales agreement
*confidentiality letter
*promissory notes and security agreements
*noncompete and consulting agreements
*closing checklists

The 3rd edition is completely updated with the latest tax considerations, and now provides more advice on marketing the sale of your business.

There are literally dozens of competing titles on the market, but none can match The Complete Guide to Selling a Business for sheer depth, accuracy and ease of use....

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Small business owners are regularly confronted by a bewildering array of legal questions and problems. Ignoring them can lead to disaster -- but with lawyers typically charging $200-$300 an hour, calling one to answer routine legal questions can be a fast track to the poorhouse.

Fortunately, you have a better alternative. Legal Guide for Starting & Running a Small Business clearly explains the practical and legal information you need to:

raise start-up money

choose between a sole proprietorship, partnership or LLC

get licenses and permits

buy or sell a business or franchise

negotiate a favorable lease

insure your business

hire independent contractors safely

understand small business tax rules

pick and protect a good name

resolve legal disputes

adopt the best customer policies

enter into strong contracts

cope with financial problems

The 11th edition is revised to provide the latest regulations, tax numbers and business realities in a changing economy. It also provides a start-up checklist, an expanded discussion about choosing a business structure, updates to bankruptcy law -- and much more. (20070202)...